– Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani has condemned the incessant criticisms of Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose
– Nnamani is the chairman of the Electoral Reform Committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari
– He made the comment at the maiden public hearing of the committee on Wednesday, March 23 in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital
Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani has condemned the incessant criticisms of Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Ken Nnamani is the chairman of the Electoral Reform Committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari
Nnamani who is currently the chairman of the Electoral Reform Committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari made the comment at the maiden public hearing of the committee on Wednesday, March 23 in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
He criticised Fayose for “engaging in a brand of criticism that does not require intelligence to carry out”.
He added that Fayose’s criticisms lack wisdom and infringed on people’s rights and freedom of association, The Nation reports.
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Nnamani was responding to the governor’s stance that the committee as a body whose efforts at electoral reform in Nigeria is “dead on arrival”.
Fayose had criticised Nnamani’s chairmanship of the Electoral Reform Committee
The governor, who was represented by a member of the House of Assembly, Idowu Omotoso, had criticised the committee and called
“If this government is actually serious about electoral reform, then the chairman of this committee should resign and allow an independent person take over.
“Senator Ken Nnamani is a Southeast regional leader of APC and hence incapable of rising above primordial and party sentiments to give us anything different from electoral inconclusiveness that we have at the moment.
“The only time this country made an attempt at reliable Electoral Reform was during the tenure of President Umaru Yar’Adua who appointed retired Chief Justice Mohammed Uwais as the chairman.
“This singular move gave the panel credibility, widespread acceptability and massive supports from all over the country and across political divides,” Fayose said.
The governor identified INEC, the police and other security agencies as the “major problems of Nigeria’s electoral system”.
Nnamani however said the governor’s criticism makes no sense since the report of the committee would still be debated by the National Assembly, whose membership consisted of politicians from various parties.
“It doesn’t require any intelligence to criticise,” an obviously irritated Nnamani concluded.
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Meanwhile, Fayose has promised to tone down on his criticisms of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that Fayose made the promise to the minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Fashola when the minister paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday, March 22.
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