A Legal Practitioner, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has demanded compensation of
free fuel to all Nigerians over the postponement of the Presidential and
National Assembly elections.
free fuel to all Nigerians over the postponement of the Presidential and
National Assembly elections.
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| Mr Kayode Ajulo |
Ajulo stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday.
He said that the Federal Government through the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) must compensate Nigerians for wasting
resources and energy to travel to their various polling units to cast
their vote.
Electoral Commission (INEC) must compensate Nigerians for wasting
resources and energy to travel to their various polling units to cast
their vote.
According to him, I traveled to Cardive in America few weeks ago and a
certain road was closed without the knowledge of the citizenry, the
government had to compensate them with five litres of fuel.
certain road was closed without the knowledge of the citizenry, the
government had to compensate them with five litres of fuel.
He said that the postponement was a technical disenfranchisement that
only the presidency could reverse by providing palliative measures in
form of free fuel flows to voters.
only the presidency could reverse by providing palliative measures in
form of free fuel flows to voters.
He said that with an arbitrary predilection for unpleasant surprises, the
INEC has made Feb. 16th into a national day of ‘April Fool’.
INEC has made Feb. 16th into a national day of ‘April Fool’.
“INEC’s decision to suspend at the eleventh hour, the Presidential
and National Assembly elections long billed for yesterday has thrown a
crooked wrench in the plans and schedule of several million of voters
all over the country.”
and National Assembly elections long billed for yesterday has thrown a
crooked wrench in the plans and schedule of several million of voters
all over the country.”
He stated that the election meant taking trips away from primary
states of residence and commerce to polling units in other states to
participate in the election.
states of residence and commerce to polling units in other states to
participate in the election.
According to him, schedules were disrupted, families uprooted and
finances invested in the bid to exercise franchise and execute the civic
duty owed by the registered citizenry to the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
finances invested in the bid to exercise franchise and execute the civic
duty owed by the registered citizenry to the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
He said that the dilemma for more than a few families and individuals
at the moment would be to making a decision between maintaining their
locations or heading back to their respective businesses and abode.
at the moment would be to making a decision between maintaining their
locations or heading back to their respective businesses and abode.
Ajulo noted that INEC must be seen to keep its words, adding that a
second postponement could have dire implications for it and bleed it of
public faith and trust.
second postponement could have dire implications for it and bleed it of
public faith and trust.
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