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Academics don’t collect bribes from politicians to rig elections – Ex-INEC Chair, Prof Jega

A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, says professors have constantly rejected bribes offered to them by politicians during elections

Jega defended the inclusion of academics in the conduct of Nigeria’s elections, saying they have brought integrity into the electoral process.

The former National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) stated this on Thursday during the June 12, Democracy Day edition of The Platform, a socio-political programme hosted by a Lagos-based church, Covenant Nation

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