EDITORIAL: NEC boss, Nwosu, richly deserves national honour

For two days, bile and mean-spiritedness rippled through the chambers of Nigeria’s Senate over a motion for the immortalisation of Humphrey Nwosu, a former chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), in recognition of his public service to the country. This is hinged on the exceptional conduct of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the MKO Abiola. That election has been adjudged by all and sundry as the freest, fairest and most credible in our annals till…