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Politics of Tuesday, 3 August 2021

Source: www.legit.ng

Former INEC boss Jega joins PRP, ignores PDP, APC

Former INEC boss,  Prof. Attahiru Jega Former INEC boss, Prof. Attahiru Jega

Six years after the expiration of his tenure as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has announced his decision to play partisan politics ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The News reports that Jega joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) contrary to belief in some quarters that the professor might align with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Legit.ng gathered that while giving reasons for his choice of PRP, he said because the two major parties – the All progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have not lived up to the expectations of Nigerians.

Jega said Nigerians should dump the two parties because of their bad antecedents over the last 20 years.

ThisDay also reports that Jega declared his membership of a new political party, PRP, and advised Nigerians not to vote for the APC and the PDP in the 2023 elections.

He, however, noted that the increasing use of technology is global best practice in order to improve the integrity of elections.