Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said he was happy to be done after queuing for over four hours before exercising his franchise.
The governor mentioned this in an interview with newsmen moments after voting on Saturday in Kaduna at Polling Unit 24, Anguwan Sarki, Runfa Ward.
His words, “When I arrived at the polling unit, the card reader was malfunctioning, so until after two hours before it was fixed and voting commenced.”
He was grateful to the people of the state for their total patience and for showing up in large numbers to cast their vote at the rescheduled date.
His words, “The people here have been patient even when the card reader was faulty; they didn’t leave, they kept trooping in.
“This is very encouraging, I therefore, commended our people for their resilience and commitment to exercise their civic right.”
He also urged INEC to extend voting time for elections that started late.
He said, “I have made a case for that already; the time should be extended so that people will not be disenfranchised due to INEC’s logistical failings.”
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