JUST IN: Nigerian government rejects European Union’s report on 2023 elections, gives reason The European Union's report on the general...
JUST IN: Nigerian government rejects European Union’s report on 2023 elections, gives reason
The European Union's report on the general elections in 2023 has been rejected by the Nigerian government because it was badly done.
On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, the EU mission delivered their report on the general election in Abuja.
The assessment, according to the chief observer, Barry Andrews, was based on an examination of Nigeria's adherence to its regional and international commitments to hold democratic elections.
The bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) and the result viewing portal both encountered operational issues, according to Andrews, who blamed INEC. He said that these issues seriously harmed the public's confidence in the electoral organization.
The EU mission report, however, was criticized by the federal government as a poorly done desk job in a statement released on Sunday by Dele Alake, the president's special adviser on special tasks, communications, and strategy.
The federal administration claimed that the EU mission's monitoring of the elections was limited and that the group's conclusions were based on rumors, social media commentary, and opposition party claims.
We warned the country about a scheme by a continental multilateral institution to smear the Independent National Electoral Commission's 2023 general elections through a public release sometime in May. The primary focus was the presidential election, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress candidate at the time, convincingly and fairly won.
"For the purpose of emphasis, we would like to stress that the 2023 general elections in Nigeria—and particularly the presidential election won by President Bola Tinubu/All Progressives Congress—were the most credible, orderly, free, and fair elections that have taken place since 1999.
"Neither the European Union nor any other foreign or domestic organization has presented any persuasive evidence that is sufficient to call into question the validity of the results of the 2023 elections.The elections were monitored by 40 election observers dispersed across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, together with 11 analysts located in Abuja. We question how EU-EOM independently observed elections in more than 176,000 polling places across Nigeria with the level of staff deployed, which was only an average of one person per state.
"We would like to know and even ask EU how it arrived at the conclusions in the submitted final report with the very limited election coverage by their observers who, without a doubt, relied more on rumours, hearsay, cocktails of prejudiced and uninformed social media commentaries, and opposition talking heads."We are certain that the EU-EOM's so-called final report on our recent elections was the result of a shoddy desk job that primarily depended on a handful of fights that took place in less than 1000 of the more than 176,000 polling places where Nigerians cast their ballots on election day. We have numerous reasons to think that the tainted study, which was based on the opinions of less than 50 observers, was just intended to uphold the same hasty condemnation position presented in the EU's preliminary assessment released in March.
As the nation has advanced and the people seem "satisfied" with President Bola Tinubu's leadership, Alake added that the EU mission report on the elections cannot stand.
The 2023 election was allegedly rigged, Alake said. "We vehemently reject, in its entirety, any notion and idea from any organization, group, and individual remotely suggesting that," he added.
"All non-partisan foreign and local observers, such as the African Union, ECOWAS, Commonwealth Observer Mission, and the Nigerian Bar Association, have validated our earlier position that the technology-aided general elections in 2023 were the most transparent and best-organized elections since the return of civil rule in Nigeria. The Nigerian Bar Association sent out nearly 1,000 observers across the entire nation for the same election, compared to the EU-EOM's deployment of less than 50, and provided a more thorough and accurate evaluation of the elections in their own report.
"As a nation, we have moved past the elections. President Tinubu is tasked with the difficult mission of nation-building, and those who have good cause to do so will continue to do so in court. Nigerians seem content with President Tinubu's strong leadership after just one month in office and the way he is guiding the nation toward fiscal sustainability and socioeconomic changes.
"We implore the EU and other foreign interests to be impartial in all of their evaluations of the domestic issues of our nation and to give Nigeria room to breathe."
UPDATE: You can receive News updates directly on your WhatsApp, click “HERE” to join our group.
Share News with us via WhatsApp: 09047708251 or Email: amdtvhausa@gmail.com
📡Join Our Social Media Channels:
WhatsApp: Jakadiyar Arewa News Room
Facebook: Jakadiyararewa
Twitter: @Jakadiyararewa
Instagram: @Jakadiyararewa
Telegram: Jakadiyar Arewa News Room