“Nigeria is an ethical joke” – Reactions as INEC awards contract for election materials to company owned by APC Senator

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the award of contract for the printing of sensitive election materials for 2023 general elections to Binani Printing Press Limited followed due diligence.

The commission said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja on Thursday.

Okoye also said that the name of Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed was not listed as one of the Directors of the company.

Okoye said INEC attention had been drawn to a news report that the Commission awarded a contract for the printing of sensitive election materials to Ahmed.

“It was alleged in the report that she owns Binani Printing Press Limited.

“Procurements in the Commission go through open competitive bidding and Binani Printing Press Limited was one of the security printing companies that applied to print security documents for the Commission.

“After inspecting the company’s facility and carrying out due diligence at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), the Commission was satisfied that they are qualified printers with the requisite technical capacity, security consciousness and expertise in printing security documents.

“ However, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed was not listed as one of the Directors of Binani Printing Press Limited.”

Okoye said that INEC decided to print all the security documents for the 2023 general election in the country to help Nigerian printers and assist in growing the national economy.

He said that INEC would continue to carry out due diligence in its procurement activities but Nigeriians are reacting to the falsehood by the commission as Binani is not just a member of the APC but she is allso running as Governor – a clear conflict of interest.

Eye Neck, your APC friends said you have ABSOLUTE DISCRETION to do whatever you like. So, no need explaining your impunity. You claimed you did a background check on Binani printing press limited and didn’t see Aishatu Dahiru as one of the directors.

You lied.

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The info pic.twitter.com/GLdTEcWJ2u

— Victor Wolemonwu (@DrVic_Exotic) March 16, 2023

above shows that Aishatu Dahiru is the founder of Binani Nigeria Limited. This company was registered on March 13, 1997 with Reg no RC 310024 with an address in FCT. Directors are DAHIRU AISHATU and DAHIRU AHMED.

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It’s interesting to note that Aishatu Dahiru is also listed pic.twitter.com/bTcHZ3hLVu

— Victor Wolemonwu (@DrVic_Exotic) March 16, 2023

Mr Okoye, please read your statement again. You did not deny the allegation in any way. You simply agreed that she got through a dubious due process. This confirms that INEC just conducted the lectionary for APC. How can an APC Senator mow gubernatorial candidate print sensitive https://t.co/K7AAe1bP1U

— Kaysea (@Kaysea_164) March 17, 2023

It’s really exhausting being a Nigerian who wants good governance. We’re tackling INEC on IREV, BVAS & granting the opposition access to materials only for them to admit on their own that the company printing the electoral materials belongs to an APC member. It’s tiring https://t.co/fvH8sHQ0w5

— Oshare (@Oghenekevwe_) March 17, 2023

This has been proven to be untrue. Some of these lies are mind blowing. Like did they think Nigerians will not go and verify? Well to be fair, we typically don’t https://t.co/XeqSQPgwEQ

— Tobi (@zeegenius) March 17, 2023

INEC Nigeria has DELIGITIMIZE itself. Nigerians are addressing your idiocy with screenshots of her Aisha’s profile at the CAC.
Band of incompetent and good for nothing clowns. I pray that the judiciary sends everyone of you in the management team to prison at the tribunal. https://t.co/FYdjhiUc4V

— Galileo (@FAGalileo) March 17, 2023

And this Shameless Festus Okoye is representative of the civil society in INEC. Obviously most of this so call activist are just waiting for their opportunity to be corrupted

See how he muddled his name for a plate of food.

Personally I would rather resign than stoop so low. https://t.co/IhFSIaAr97

— Hamma (@HAHayatu) March 17, 2023

Just imagine this stupid statement, APC has destroyed the last thing holding Nigeria together and Inec is just a useless as APC https://t.co/KTfatkme7d

— Alexx (@Alexxx1759) March 17, 2023

This is the reason why Binani was boasting she’ll win the elections by hook or crook. She already has her own result sheets sitting in her house and will write results as she pleases. https://t.co/hs53K1TNxe

— Emmanuel ONYECHE ?? (@Ashibuoguh) March 17, 2023

It is irrelevant how competitive the bidding process was, a company wherein a Politically Exposed Person (PEP) has an interest should never have been awarded the contract to print sensitive election materials. Even worse when such person is a candidate in the same election. https://t.co/uElsDki4bM

— Aziz Bakare (@Backarray) March 17, 2023

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