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Valerie Azinge, senior advocate of Nigeria, says Nigerians must have a say on who becomes the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC).
Speaking on Day 2 of the Nigerian Economic Summit (NES), the founding partner of Azinge & Azinge said appointment of an INEC chairman should not be left for the president alone.
“The people must have a say on who becomes the INEC chairman, not just the president. Else it is not really an Independent commission,” she said.
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She said Nigeria must have a situation where federal offenses are handled by the federal court while state offenses are handled by the state court.
“We should decongest our appellate court,” she recommended.
He further said that using the instrument of law, the country needs to re-engineer the society to make governance work.
On his part, Nasir Yammama, CEO of Verdant, an agritech firm, said no amount of incentives and investments put into agriculture would yield positive returns until there is an adequate market created both locally and globally via exports for the output.
Fola Laoye; CEO, Health Markets Africa, said the time is now for Nigeria to look inward to develop resources that would create a supply-side to meet the rising demand in the health care sector.
Omobola Johnson, CEO of TLcom, said Nigeria must fix infrastructure to make it easier for existing players. She stressed the need to embrace creativity and innovation.
