Maurice Iwu

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Maurice Iwu, has said that only Nigerians with sufficient intellectual capabilities, wherever they might be, could bring about the desired socio-political change in the country. Professor Maurice Iwu made this declaration recently while exchanging views with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Enugu state Nigeria, shortly before presenting the 2008 UNN Political science Department Public Lecture of the University.
According to the INEC Chairman, though Nigeria is blessed with intelligent people, a good number of them had acquiesced, thereby giving room to unpatriotic Nigerians who saw nothing good in the country. He also said that Nigerians whether in the Universities or in Diaspora needed to take up the challenge, describing as unfair to Nigeria, the attitude of those who prefer to wait until all was well with the country.
He noted with approval the positive role of the University in the socio-political development of intellectuals that could change the image of the country for the better, pointing out that as Chairman of INEC, he was the third of three individuals from the tertiary institution to head an Election Management body in the country.
Speaking later to students of the Commission’s Electoral institute studying at the University, the Chairman reiterated the Commission’s commitment to providing both the intellectual and infrastructural bases to officers in the Commission to be computer proficient.

By Rose oriaran
Dated 04/09/2008