A few random but serious thoughts as they concern the 2023 General Elections. It'll be a long thread but please bear with me.
1. The BVAS System.
Most people think the new Electoral Act compels @inecnigeria to use BVAS for the biometric accreditation of voters. That's a lie.
1. The BVAS System.
Most people think the new Electoral Act compels @inecnigeria to use BVAS for the biometric accreditation of voters. That's a lie.
2. What the EA says in sections 47, 60, 61 & 62 is that a smart card reader or tech device will be used to accredit voters; then results transmitted according to guidelines set by INEC.
Nowhere in the ENTIRE EA are the words 'biometric' or BVAS used. Even e-tranmission no dey.
Nowhere in the ENTIRE EA are the words 'biometric' or BVAS used. Even e-tranmission no dey.
3. So while the current Chairman has committed to using BVAS; if he is removed a new pro-government Chairman may decide to use the old smart card readers which 'successfully' accredited voters in 2015 and 2019.
This is why the CUPP warning must be taken seriously.
This is why the CUPP warning must be taken seriously.
4. We have precedent. This was how the CJN was removed ahead of the 2019 elections that the CJN & the Supreme Court ultimately decided in Buhari's favour.
Already pro-APC Commisioners have been confirmed by the Senate. There is a court case in Imo to strike out the use of BVAS.
Already pro-APC Commisioners have been confirmed by the Senate. There is a court case in Imo to strike out the use of BVAS.
5. The use of the BVAS will transform our elections. It'll ensure that multiple voting is eliminated' and that the person who presents the card is the actual owner of that particular card.
It is essential we demand that its use is non-negotiable.
It is essential we demand that its use is non-negotiable.
6. The Sanctity of #EndSARS
I've said on many platforms that bcos of what the APC did on 20/10/2020 at the Lekki Tollgate, they should not be part of any democratic conversation: democrats do not massacre unarmed protesters.
We have to have red lines we will not cross.
I've said on many platforms that bcos of what the APC did on 20/10/2020 at the Lekki Tollgate, they should not be part of any democratic conversation: democrats do not massacre unarmed protesters.
We have to have red lines we will not cross.
7. Why then does the @NgLabour PCC list contain the name of a #LekkiMassacre denier?
Mistakes happen; but why are young Nigerians defending this mistake?
Even @ProfOsinbajo acknowledged the tragedy; yet Gen. Eneche calls the videos photoshopped & is made a member of the PCC?
Mistakes happen; but why are young Nigerians defending this mistake?
Even @ProfOsinbajo acknowledged the tragedy; yet Gen. Eneche calls the videos photoshopped & is made a member of the PCC?
8. The Obi movement - for better or worse - is in part driven by the ghosts of #ENDSARS. The pain & trauma remains
There must be red lines we REFUSE to cross.
Gen. Eneche must be removed. His inclusion on that list sullies the memories of those who lost their lives on that day.
There must be red lines we REFUSE to cross.
Gen. Eneche must be removed. His inclusion on that list sullies the memories of those who lost their lives on that day.
9. DECORUM
Finally, we have to rebuild the public marketplace of ideas in our image & likeness.
When Tinubu tells people to shut up for demanding better government; we must reject that.
When pro-APC mouth pieces come on TV to shout at & threaten presenters we must reject that.
Finally, we have to rebuild the public marketplace of ideas in our image & likeness.
When Tinubu tells people to shut up for demanding better government; we must reject that.
When pro-APC mouth pieces come on TV to shout at & threaten presenters we must reject that.
I watched @CTVpolitics as an APC man came to display behaviour better suited for a zoo than a studio
He lacked the depth needed to articulate his arguments; & when he launched a personal attack against @I_Am_Ilemona he showed he lacked self control, too.
He lacked the depth needed to articulate his arguments; & when he launched a personal attack against @I_Am_Ilemona he showed he lacked self control, too.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance guys; shine your eye.
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