IPAC Felicitates With Christians At Easter, Calls For Scrapping Of State Electoral Commissions. The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) greets Christians at Easter urging them to emulate the life of the Lord Jesus Christ, his love, humility and sacrifice for the redemption of mankind.
The Council in a signed statement by it’s acting Publicity Secretary Comrade Egbeola Wale Martins enjoins Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity and good governance in the country. Noting that the upcoming general election is critical for the survival of democracy in Nigeria,the Council wants political parties and their candidates to eschew politics of bitterness that impeded the nation’s democratic encounter and embrace issue based campaign as we strive to build a better nation.
IPAC further urged INEC to provide a level playing field for political parties and their candidates participating in various elections. “The commission should justify the confidence Nigerians reposed in it and conduct free, fair, credible, transparent, peaceful and inclusive elections which are hallmarks of durable democracy. The people’s votes and mandates should be respected by the citizenry. This is the only way we will deepen our frail democracy and make Nigeria great again”,he stated .
The Council once again reiterates its call for the scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) as they are neither independent nor credible.
It stated that the charades called elections by these commissions are sad commentaries in the nation’s political process and should be scrapped immediately. IPAC will no longer participate in these sham elections that have made mockery of our hard earned democracy. Council will engage stakeholders with a viewing to sanitizing the country’s electoral process.
“It is time for patriotism. IPAC will be at the vanguard for good governance as we jointly build a prosperous, egalitarian and just democratic society”
