National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Yusuf Dantalle, has expressed optimism that the newly appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, would sanitize Nigeria’s electoral process.
Dantalle stated this on Friday, while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.
According to him, Prof Amupitan is well grounded in litigation which gives him an edge to succeed in the country’s electoral body.
DAILY POST recalls that the National Council of State on Thursday approved the nomination of Prof Amupitan from the North-Central as the new Chairman of INEC.
“Amupitan, going by his profile and pedigree is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and you know how electioneering in Nigeria is riddled with a series of litigations, court orders, counter court orders and so many things.
“We believe that having a man that is well grounded in litigation will have a lot to do to sanitize the process.
“The immediate past administration of Prof Mahmoud Yakubu laid a solid foundation when it comes to technological innovation, but we require also that the National Assembly will pass into law some of the recommendations that have been sent to it so that we can have a better political atmosphere,” he said.