But in his speech at the awards, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the credibility and integrity of elections depend on INEC and the courts.
“And I think, I guess, because I also talked extensively about the integrity of the umpire, but I also want to emphasise the integrity of the electoral courts. Where the umpire is perceived as unfair there is potential for trouble, where the courts are perceived as arbitrary as whimsical or acting in contradiction.
Stating that bread and butter trumps everything else, Osinbajo said in our democracy, where we have today over 200 million people, 90 million of whom require education, and job opportunities, those are under the age of 30 and all others require health care infrastructure and social service. “For the most sophisticated economic actors, it makes sense to simply wait until the complexion of the new government is clear. But the prospects for the disruption of the economy are even greater where elections for one reason or the other produce governments that are not credible; legitimacy of governments as conferred by the freely given mandate of the electorate is a major consideration.”
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