Minister of State
for the Federal Capital Territory, Caleb Olubolade, at the weekend
flayed those criticizing lapses in the operation of the Direct Data
Capture machines in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
Rather, Mr.
Olubolade, said, Nigerians should encourage the Independent National
Electoral Commission for the success of the ongoing exercise.
Addressing reporters in Ipoti-Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government Area,
the minister ruled out the insinuations that the incessant changing of
the leadership within the Peoples Democratic Party could mar the
chances of the party in the 2011 elections.
The former Bayelsa State military administrator was optimistic that
the Attahiru Jega-led commission would make a success of the voter
registration exercise. He said, “I am very confident that INEC under
Prof Attahiru Jega will find a way round the associated problems with
the operation of the DDC machines across the nation. I will advise that
Nigerians should be giving the commission encouragement rather than
criticizing it.” “The success of the registration exercise will be in
the interest of the nation and not Prof. Jega alone or INEC, so we owe
it a duty to give all our support to INEC, so all prospective and
eligible voters in every nook and cranny of the nation can be
registered unhindered.”
