"PDP fumes as Supreme Court sacks Ihedioha, declares Uzodinma winner" https://punchng.com/pdp-fumes-as-supreme-court-sacks-ihedioha-declares-uzodinma-winner/ (Source: Punch Newspapers) Commentary "A wise man will not be in a hurry to lick from a hot soup" So says a proverb from the Yoruba people of South West Nigeria. Now that a month has passed since the Supreme Court's landmark judgement in the Imo's* Gubernatorial appeal We can now ask those jurisprudential questions. Some of us have argued that the classical hearsay rule needs to be relaxed in electoral litigation And that the Court must not be constrained to...
The sustenance of democratic institutions requires that all stakeholders in the process adhere to principles like the tenet of accountability and transparency. From the process of voters' registration to the eventual declaration of results, it is crucial that the outputs of voting machines become audit-able. Governance itself must also be accountable.This monthly blog will address this concern, drawing experience from international standards and highlighting possible "home-grown" solutions.