The Action Congress of Nigeria, USA Chapter at its meeting held at Sheraton Hotel Beltsville, Maryland USA called on INEC to immediately embark on generating a fresh and credible Voters' Register to be used in the 2011 elections. The foundation to a successful election is a functional Voters' Register; therefore, we call on INEC to immediately embark on generating a fresh and credible Voters' Register for 2011 elections. INEC cannot rely on the already discredited voters' register that the electoral body has been using in the past elections. The current register has been exposed to contain so many irregularities in terms of fake and fictitious names that any election conducted thereon shall not be acceptable to ACN. We urge all other political parties in Nigeria to join ACN in insisting that fresh registration of voters be commenced immediately by INEC.
We have reviewed the resources so far earmarked for the 2011 elections and we are of the opinion that INEC has more than enough funds to redo the voters' register if the funds are prudently expended.
ACN-USA congratulates Professor Jega on his appointment as the Chairman of INEC and wishes him well. The whole world especially those of us in the United States are closely watching you and your electoral body in all steps you are taking towards the 2011 elections. We urge you to be open and be honest in all the steps taken in this direction. We have committed resources to make sure that we closely monitor the elections and expose to the whole world any irregularities that we may uncover during the elections. We are however ready to offer our assistance and expertise to the electoral body in making sure that the elections are free and fair.
ACN-USA commends ACN under the leadership of Chief Bisi Akande for strongly positioning the party for total victory in 2011. We pledge our support and solidarity to ACN and promise to deploy all resources at our disposal to ensure victory for ACN candidates in 2011. We welcome all the progressives who are coming together under ACN banner to take our country from PDP misrule come 2011. We urge other progressives in the country to join ACN to make the task of rescuing our nation from PDP an easier one. Together we should fight to give a better future to our country and our children and redeem the current bad image the country viewed by many parts of the world.
The ACN-USA meeting was addressed by Chief Bisi Akande (by telephone) and was attended and addressed by Dr. Chris Ngige, ACN Governorship candidate in Anambra State . ACN-USA members across the USA attended the meeting including Tony Ike Isama, Chairman ACN-USA, Kunle Oshunlalu, National Secretary ACN-USA, Chief Lekan Awojoodu, Chief Emeka Molokwu, Dr. Bolaji Aluko, Zainab Sheni, Women Leader ACN-USA, Mr. Dele Alade, Barrister Ben Nwoye (ACN Senatorial aspirant in Anambra State), Mr. Musiliu Jibowu, Mr. Sesan Omomo, Professor Adesegun Labinjo (ACN House of Assembly aspirant in Lagos State), Mr. Alani Teniola, Mr. Simeon Showunmi and many other members.
Tony Ike Isama
Chairman, ACN-USA Publ
