The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured the international community that the electoral umpire would always submit itself to the sanctity of votes cast by the Nigerian electorate.
The INEC Chairman made the declaration yesterday, when he met with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, at the Commission headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu, who commended UNOWAS for being supportive of INEC during the conduct of elections in Nigeria, assured the team that his Commission would remain committed to a fair electoral process and ensure that elections “continue to get better and better and the democratic environment is increasingly consolidated”.
He noted that INEC, as a responsible agency, was aware of the strategic importance that a peaceful Nigeria meant to the stability of the entire West African region in terms of a seamless electoral process.
On its part, the UN has tasked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the conduct of peaceful and transparent elections next year.
The UN Special Representative,
Annadif, gave the charge, also yesterday, when he visited the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
Saleh was received by Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Abubakar Kyari, who represented the ruling Party’s National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
In his presentation, Sen. Kyari, who spoke on behalf of other members of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), assured his guests that the ruling party would stick to the rules to ensure a seamless process.
