Explosive Demand: Strip President, Governors of Electoral Officer Appointment Power!
A former member of Nigeria's National Assembly, Senator Ikechukwu Obiorah, has vehemently advocated for a radical overhaul of the nation's electoral system, specifically targeting the appointment process for electoral bodies. Obiorah, who represented Anambra South Senatorial district from 2007 to 2011, argues that the current system, where the President appoints the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and governors appoint state electoral officers, is fundamentally flawed and a direct cause of Nigeria's pervasive mass poverty and underdevelopment.
In his treatise titled “The Philosophy of Elections and Nigeria’s Fake Democracy,” Obiorah asserts that over 90 percent of all elections held in Nigeria since its independence in 1960 have been brazenly rigged, perverted, or nullified. This, he states, has resulted in Nigerians never truly choosing their leaders or being governed with their genuine consent, effectively creating a
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