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Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by gateleo(m): 9:40pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Presidential Campaign Office of President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to resist the use of card readers if it will jeopardise the ambition of its principal. The Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He also said the campaign office and the party was not planning to implicate the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, as alleged by the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress. He said since the card readers had not been tested during any election, his party was apprehensive about their usefulness now. Card readers are meant to stop rigging and also prevent double-voting by eligible voters. The commission is planning to test-run the cards in 12 states of the federation on Saturday. Fani-Kayode however further alleged that he was aware that the APC, with the connivance of some unnamed members of staff of INEC, is planning to use the card readers to frustrate accreditation of voters in some states. The former Minister of Aviation said, “Our position on the card reader remains that the machine has not been tested in any election and there are bases for genuine concern over the use of the machine, for the first time, in a crucial election of this magnitude. “We are aware of the plot by the APC, working in cahoots with some strategically placed and retrogressive elements, to use the card readers to frustrate accreditation in some parts of the country while not enforcing strict use of the machine in some other parts.” He added that “the truth is that if they go ahead with that wicked plot, the APC and its collaborators will only be preparing the ground for mass resistance. “They can be rest assured that we will not sit by idly and allow such a thing to unfold.” On the alleged plan to implicate Jega, Fani-Kayode said these allegations were nothing but “the paranoid ranting of a paranoid little man that is working for a paranoid party.” He said the truth was that his party was “not strategising to shift the election dates. We are not trying to frame up Jega.” 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by gateleo(m): 9:41pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Na wao! Card reader is now like Ebola to PDP. Same people that want to fight corruption with technology are scare of technology. 6 Likes |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by asha80(m): 9:50pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
He should go and sit down...card readers should be used for this election 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by blackfase(m): 10:34pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Thieves... 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by size38: 11:03pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Rejection of card reader for this election is invitation to anarchy. No card reader, no election. If no election, GEj will leave his office on the 29th of May, 2015 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by chat2deen(m): 11:12pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Can card reader be used to manipulate results? I tot is use for voters accreditation n it sends the information of eligible voters to INEC server there by giving exact figures of accredited voters,simply no wuru! No magomago! No inflating of figures on a polling booth! Haba PDP I tot dis a part of transformation and Gej dey preach transformation abi? Power must change hands! In card reader we trust. Period. 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by Ovamboland(m): 11:12pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Are sure this man has not gone back to his first love, substance abuse? after spending over 100 Billion for the system, Jonathan and his people want to flush the benefits down the drain, this shows they also know their principal has performed woefully, and doesn't merit re-election. 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by jahbiz: 11:16pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
gateleo:they know with card reader, they have no where to hide and their strategy wont work... 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by Creamz(m): 11:19pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
I find all this Card reader issue as laughable. Why will Nigeria's case be any different. Card readers were used in Ghana and Kenya and it worked so why will it not work in Nigeria? Anyway it will be good to test the card readers and INEC has come out to say they will do that. What else do they want the commission to do? I know all this noise is about PDP planning to rig the elections. And we say NO to them. Thank God Nigerians have some very few credible men like Prof. Jega left. 2 Likes |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by bokohalal(m): 11:49pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
If the card reader is defective how does that become an advantage to APC only? 1 Like |
Re: Why We’ll Resist Card Readers -jonathan Campaigners by kokoA(m): 11:58pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Na wah o.. Dis PDP's fear of card readers is becoming something else o ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
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