Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo, Vice President of Nigeria has said that cashless policy when effectively operated can help to stem the surge of illicit election Financing by making it possible to track funds.
Osinbanjo stated this on his Twitter handle on Monday when he announced his meeting with delegation of the European Union Election Observation Mission led by Mr. Barry Andrews, the Chief Observer, who is also a member of the European Parliament.
He said, "Electoral offences are always seen through a political prism; people will assume that they are being prosecuted because they belong to one political party or the other.
"There is the Electoral Offences Commission Bill currently at the National Assembly and we hope that it will begin a new regime of dealing with electoral offences.
"More attention should be paid to the monitoring of tribunals and their outcomes. In the past, there have been discussions around the malfeasance of some judges. Those who are found guilty must be brought to the fore."
