The former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has described the tenure of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega as a very impressive one.
Atiku said as Jega officially ends his tenure today, Tuesday, June 30,he would be remembered for the successful conduct of the 2015 elections with the introduction of Card Reader and Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC).
He added that the feat has tremendously boosted Jega’s reputation and earned him the respect of Nigerians and the international community.
A statement signed by the Head of the Atiku Media Office (AMO) in Abuja, on Monday, June 29, Paul Ibe, quoted the former vice-president and chieftain of APC as stressing that Jega had disarmaed even the worst pessimists that never gave him the slightest chance to produce free and fair elections in Nigeria.
Atiku said Jega had made a huge difference in the conduct of credible elections, and that he left no one in doubt that he deserved the appointment in the first place.
He explained that he was impressed by Jega’s remarkable comportment, patience, calmness and presence of mind under very tense situations.
The former vice-president noted that Jega had set a standard that would require his successor to work twice as hard to maintain.