The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has expressed outrage over a statement credited to the Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, that the voters’ registration used for the November 16 Anambra State governorship election was not as bad as some people made it to appear.

At a meeting with the leadership of the registered political parties in Abuja on Monday, Mr. Jega affirmed that though the register was not perfect, it was not as bad as some critics made it appear.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, had protested the conduct of the elections, citing several issues, including the faulty register as reasons.

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also criticised the register, saying it did not include his name, and that of many of his supporters.

The CNPP, in a statement by its spokesperson said instead of honourably apologising for the ‘flawed, mangled and dubious voters’ register’ he used to conduct the Anambra State governorship election, Mr. Jega heaped insult on the sensibilities of Nigerians.

“CNPP had thought that after wasting over N80 billion in the Voters’ Registration exercise, Professor Jega should be apologetic, remorseful, introspective and circumspect for under-performing and producing less than perfect Register of Voters,” the statement said.

“Rather he climbed the high horse and had the temerity to affirm and rationalise in his own admission that a less than perfect document has requisite integrity and compares favourably with any Register of Voters on our continent.”

The group of opposition parties in the country, challenged the INEC Chairman to name the African country he claimed Nigeria was better than in the area of compiling voters’ register.

It said, “Certainly, we hope the eminent professor must not in his delusion be comparing our mangled Voters’ Register with that of Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Rwanda, South Africa and other beacons of democracy in Africa?

“We are at a loss when people like Professor Jega will come to the reality that either a vital document like Voters’ Register is clean or tainted? Secondly, that Africa is not waiting for Nigeria to wake up from its deep slumber.”

The CNPP insisted that Mr. Jega should resign his position in order to save the nation’s democracy and save Nigeria from the predictions that the country would break because he would not be able to conduct elections in 2015.