The United States Vice
President, Joe Biden, has expressed his country’s support for the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deploy voter card readers for Nigeria’s
upcoming elections.
Mr. Biden made the
position of the U.S. known when he telephoned President Goodluck Jonathan on
Wednesday, a statement issued by the United States Diplomatic Mission to
Nigeria, said Thursday.
Mr. Biden also spoke
with Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
“The Vice President
further expressed the United States’ support for the Nigerian Independent
National Electoral Commission and its work to deliver free, fair, and credible
elections, in part through its essential efforts to distribute Permanent Voter
Cards and help ensure that electronic voter card readers are in place and fully
operational.
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