Former Delta State governorship aspirant, Fidelis Oditah, has stated that being a professor mustn’t be the qualification to develop into chairman of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC.
Prof Oditah made this assertion on Wednesday, whereas responding to questions in an interview on Come up Tv.
His remarks are coming following the bowing out of Prof Mahmoud Yakubu because the chairman of the electoral physique.
“For the chairmanship of INEC, I don’t imply to disparage or pull down professors however after all it is crucial to emphasize that simply being a professor, professing data of a selected space of human endeavour doesn’t qualify one to be an INEC commissioner, not to mention INEC chairman.
“And naturally we keep in mind that within the 2019 elections, two professors had been convicted of fraudulent electoral conduct in Akwa-Ibom State.
“We’ve to be sceptical whereas pondering that professorship by itself is a conclusive requirement.
“I feel we’ve got to be cautious. I don’t assume that the answer lies in simply the appointment of professors. There’s nothing in opposition to them. I don’t have something in opposition to professors,” he stated.
