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I Shiver When Lecturers Brag About Rigging Elections, Says ABU VC – DAILY TRUST NEWS

Independent National Electoral Commission officials sort and count ballots at a polling station in Kano during Nigeria's presidential and general election [CREDIT; Getty Images]

The Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof Kabiru Bala, has expressed dismay over the conduct of some academics engaged in electoral assignment.

He said that despite the conduct of a few academicians who brag about assisting politicians to rig elections, more university lecturers should be engaged in electoral duties to strengthen sustainable elections in Nigeria.

Prof Bala spoke in Zaria, Kaduna State, at the third International Conference organised by the Department of Political Science and International Studies, ABU, in collaboration with Mambayya House, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University Kano.

The VC said, “Academics are a set of people that you can have confidence and trust in. If we want good elections, we have to ensure that the process is well sanitised.

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