Tambuwal, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also said he was yet to make up his mind on whether to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or stay put in the PDP.
Speaking yesterday, shortly after collecting his Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) at Tambuwal town of the state, the Speaker said he would make his final stand on the topical issues known to Nigerians at the “most appropriate time.”
His words: “I am still consulting my primary constituency on these crucial matters, which affect me, Sokoto State and Nigeria generally. I will come back and engage my people. All Politics is local.”
The Speaker expressed happiness with the peaceful and successful conduct of the distribution of permanent voter cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said: “I feel happy as a patriotic citizen of Nigeria by collecting my card today, and all Nigerians must diligently exercise their civic duties. INEC deserves commendation as it is not easy to manage the electoral process in a country where there is the dearth of adequate power supply and ICT infrastructure.
“It is an improvement in the past exercises and INEC should actually exert its independence in action and not only on paper.”
Tambuwal said the National Assembly had put the commission on a first line charge to make it truly financially independent, stressing that such independence was meant to be real and actual, with a view to improving its performance.
According to Tambuwal, a public hearing would soon be conducted by the National Assembly on the proposed amendment to the subsisting Electoral Act.
He said the aim was to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable 2015 polls, starting from getting credible voters’ registers, adding: “If we get it right now, we will get credible voters’ registers and credible 2015 polls.”
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