INEC says that that media support was very crucial to its quest for free and fair elections in Nigeria

   The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says that that media support was very crucial to its quest for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria.

   This was disclosed by INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Husaini Pai, yesterday  in Plateau state , while on a courtesy visit to the Jos Zonal office of a media outfit, soliciting closer ties with newsmen because media reports determine how elections were viewed.
   
  Pai said that the visit was to seek areas of collaboration and support from the media in view of its wide reach and fanatical commitment to fair journalism.

   He said that the media was a critical stakeholder that no one could afford to ignore, and expressed INEC’s readiness to support newsmen to effectively participate in election matters.