{"id":70702,"date":"2019-12-03T04:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T03:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70702"},"modified":"2019-12-03T04:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T03:57:31","slug":"we-need-electronic-voting-in-nigeria-osoba-tells-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/we-need-electronic-voting-in-nigeria-osoba-tells-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need Electronic Voting In Nigeria, Osoba tells National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Monday, called<\/div>\n
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on the National Assembly to include electronic voting as part of the
\namendment to the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n

Osoba, who spoke at an event marking 160 years of journalism in Nigeria,
\nin Abeokuta, said that Nigeria had no excuse not to digitalise its
\nvoting process.<\/p>\n

According to him, it was regrettable that the electoral process in
\nNigeria had been bastardised.<\/p>\n

He renewed the call for the amendment of the Electoral Act, saying that
\nvote buying, rigging and ballot box snatching were among the challenges
\nplaguing the country\u2019s electoral process, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shocked at what we have now (electoral process) because it is worse
\nthan corruption,\u201d Osoba said.<\/p>\n

The former governor stated that the inclusion of electronic voting in
\nthe Electoral Act would put an end to electoral fraud in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day we stop selling our votes, that day, we will get it right and
\nstart electing the right people into political offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why I have been pushing for the amendment to the Electoral Act.
\nLet us all support and fight for the review of the act. Let us fight for
\nelectronic voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to go electronic in voting in Nigeria because Ghana has gone
\nelectronic; Kenyan has gone electronic; we have no excuse not to get
\ndigital in our electoral process; the day of analogue system is gone,\u201d
\nOsoba said.<\/p>\n

He attributed the falling standard of journalism in Nigeria to poor
\nremuneration of journalists, saying it was unpardonable that employers
\nshould owe salaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an offence unto God and even man,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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