Ex President, Goodluck Jonathan recently begged African Union to set minimum acceptable standards for choosing the leader of electoral commissions in member-countries.
He disclosed that this will help build Nigerians’ confidence in how leaders are chosen and how credible elections are.
In his keynote address titled “The need for good governance and peaceful electioneering process in Africa,” GEJ doubted if electoral commissions are truly autonomous as their names will have us believe.
His words, “The AU should, through its Political Affairs Department, set up a team of electoral experts to study different models and recommend the system they consider best for the continent.”
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