The International Press Centre, IPC, has said that the Nigerian public must have a say in the process of appointing the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The Executive Director of IPC, Lanre Arogundade, stated this on Tuesday in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television.

“The process or criteria in choosing or appointing INEC chairman should not be left for the president or presidency and the National Assembly alone. There are interest groups like the political parties themselves, the Civil Society Organizations, women organizations, as well as the media.

“The current trend is that the president only more or less gets the approval of the national council of states which we cannot say is the representative of the entire society.

“We are calling for expansion of the criteria for appointment so that we begin to see stronger elements of independence and impartiality in the management of our electoral process,” he said.

Public must have say in process of appointing INEC chairman – IPC