FACTS emerged on Thursday on why the United Nations did not send a delegation to monitor the general election in Nigeria.
It was gathered that the UN team was not monitoring the elections because the Federal Government did not make a request to the world body to officially observe and monitor the elections, according to Empowered Newswire.
The Spokeswoman to the UN Secretary General, Michelle Montas, told reporters in New York that instead, Nigeria asked for monitors from ECOWAS.
Nonetheless, she said the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, was following the Nigerian elections at the UN.
She said, Mr. Ban �has been following since beginning of the week (the election fallout). He is still waiting to see how things are developing. He�s certainly concerned about it.�
Montas was responding to inquiries from journalists on why the UN was not monitoring the elections
Responding to the inquiries, she said the UN Secretariat was not monitoring the Nigerian elections because �there was no request made,� adding that Nigeria chose instead to ask ECOWAS to monitor and �ECOWAS is monitoring the elections.�
Before he left office as Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, had said if Nigeria requested the UN, it was still possible at that time for the UN to still observe and monitor the Nigerian election. Montas� explanation suggested that the Nigerian government did not request for a UN observation and monitoring of the election.