April 2, 2015/The Will

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega Wednesday said he would not accept a tenure renewal when his current tenure expires in June this year

Jega, who was appointed chairman of the commission in June 2010 by President Goodluck Jonathan, made the declaration during an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

“I am grateful to God. I was asked to come and contribute my own quota to the national development and I have done my bit to the best of my ability.

“Whatever assignment one will do for five years – just like this difficult one, to me if one is able to successfully accomplish the task, someone else should be given the opportunity, because for me I am not interested and if I am requested to serve again, I will not do it, by God’s grace,” Jega said, according to a local newspaper.

INEC under the chairman has conducted two fairly credible general elections (2011 and 2015).