The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sunday Karimi, has told those, including some of his colleagues at the national assembly, seeking the posthumous recognition of a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Humphrey Nwosu, that it would never happen.
DAILY POST reported that the current Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had while delivering a tribute to late Prof. Nwosu, who was the seventh Chairman of Nigeria's national electoral body, called for a posthumous recognition for him.
Nwosu passed away in October 2024.
Yakubu emphasized the significant contributions of the late professor to Nigeria's democratic process, pointing out that Nwosu's tenure from 1989 to 1993 is a period marked by innovative electoral reforms, notably the introduction of the Option A4 voting system and the Open Ballot System.
The matter is now being discussed in both chambers of the national assembly with the argument centering around the fact that former President Muhammadu Buhari hounoured the adjudged winner of the MKO Abiola.
Some Nigerians have argued that since Abiola, who was said to have won the election was honoured, the man who was in charge of such a credible election should also be recognised.
Making his impute, Senator Karimi wondered why President Bola Tinubu should be persuaded to honour Nwosu when his predecessors failed to do so.
He said, “President Obasanjo was there as president for 8 years; he didn’t name anything after Nwosu. Even Yar’Adua was there, Jonathan was there, Buhari was there.
“Now that Nwosu is gone, you want President Tinubu to name structures after Nwosu. It will not happen.”;
