Barely two weeks to the general election, some former members of the 2014 National Conference yesterday added their voices to the calls for the postponement of the election, saying that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),was not ready for the polls.

The delegates, apparently allies of President Goodluck Jonathan, in their separate presentations on the issue at a symposium titled “The National Conference and the 2015 Elections organized by the HH Macaulay Centre for the Advancement of Democracy at Transcorp Hilton hotel Abuja said going ahead with the election when many Nigerians were yet to collect their Permanent Voter Card, PVCs would mean disenfranchising thousands of eligible voters.

Some of the delegates who were mainly discussants included Col. Tony Nyiam, Mr. Dan Nwanyanwu, Madam Anko. Briggs, Chief Mike Ozekhome, Mr. Yinka Odumakin amongst others.

Senator Femi Okoromu who was also a delegate to the defunct conference was the chairman of the occasion.

Though some of the panelists differed on the postponement of the elections for fear of prompting violence and protest in the country, some however favored the call.

For instance, the former National Chairman of Labour Party (LP) , Chief Dan Nwanyanwu was one of those who supported the call.

According to him, INEC had fallen short of the expectations of many Nigerians in the distribution of the PVCs.

“We should not get to the point where INEC would after commencing the voting process call off the votes based on discrepancies. As far as I am concerned INEC is not ready for this election and we will see this in the 12 days,” he said.

Also speaking, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Chief Mike Ozehkome also advised that it would amount to the disenfranchisement of many Nigerians should the elections be held as slated without considering the inadequacies of INEC.

Source – Vanguard