PDP Govs Discredit Card Readers, Question INEC’s Preparedness For Polls

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDPGF) has kicked against the use of card readers for the forthcoming elections.

The governors also condemned the Prof. Attahiru Jega-led Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over its preparedness for the elections.

The governors made their position known at an interactive forum with the media and civil society organisations themed ‘Sustenance of Democratic Values and National Development’ in Lagos on Tuesday.

The governors at the forum were: Governors Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Aliyu Babangida (Niger), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Bala Ngilari (Adamawa), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo).

Others at the forum were: Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Mukhtar Yero (Kaduna) and Ibrahim Danwambo (Gombe).