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Fake News Alert: “We�re not considering election postponement” – INEC

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from claims that the forthcoming elections may be postponed. Recall that there were claims earlier yesterday that the electoral body is considering shifting the date of the presidential election to March 4 over the ongoing naira note scarcity. A report had also quoted Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, as saying the commission was suffering from a cash shortage and that the postponement of the election was in the best interest of Nigerians. Reacting to the claim, spokesperson to the INEC chair, Rotimi…

2023: INEC advises voters to check their polling units online

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has advised eligible voters in the February 25 and March 11 elections to visit its online portal to know their polling units. The Commission announced this in a short message, titled: �Information for all eligible voters�, issued on Sunday in Abuja. INEC said this was important as it moved some voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same location for stress-free voting. �INEC in the exercise of its powers under Section 40(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, has allotted…

‘INEC has no candidate in 2023 general election’ – Professor Yakubu

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured that it will not support any candidate or political party in the 2023 general election, saying it is only interested in the electoral process. The Commission’s Chairman,Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this when he addressed Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) for the 2023 general election, in Abuja. Yakubu urged them to be committed to their oath of neutrality and allegiance to Nigeria. He advised them not to see their job as a service to INEC but to the country as a whole in which…

INEC tells women to eschew material, monetary inducement for election

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to women to vote wisely and shun all monetary and material inducements during the forthcoming elections. Mrs Pauline Onyeka, the INEC�s Ebonyi State Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki at a one-day town hall sensitisation meeting with women groups and gender-focused civil society organisations (CSOs). Onyeka said that women�s participation in politics meant participation in the development process urging them to show effective commitment to the forthcoming elections to enthrone credible leadership. She said that monetary and…

2023 Elections: “INEC fully ready ” – Commission’s Chairman, Yakubu

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is fully ready to hold this year�s general elections, its Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said. Yakubu spoke following the successful conduct of its mock accreditation holding nationwide. The mock accreditation exercise is meant to test the effectiveness of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) being deployed for the election nationwide as a replacement for the card reader. The exercise is taking place in about 436 polling units in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), with two polling…

2023: INEC to conduct mock accreditation of voters in 436 polling units on Feb. 5

January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), will next week Saturday, February 5, conduct mock accreditation of voters in 436 polling units across the country. The exercise is to test-run INEC�s readiness for the nationwide deployment of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and other logistics for the February/March general election. The commission has designated 12 polling units in each state of the federation and four in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the equality of the country�s 109 senatorial districts for the exercise. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at…

INEC commences ad-hoc staff screening

January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has commenced ad-hoc staff screening in three senatorial zones of Enugu State, ahead of the general elections. INEC had fixed February 25, for Presidential and National Assembly elections, as well as March 11, for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, in Enugu State, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, said on Friday, that the screening was currently ongoing in the three senatorial zones simultaneously. According to Chukwu, the exercise will run for four days; starting Jan. 19 to end…

2023 Elections: “We need 530,538 security operatives” – INEC

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), says it would require 530,538 security officers for the peaceful conduct of the 2023 elections.� INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who stated this on Tuesday during a briefing at the Chatham House in London, said that the electoral body also required 707,384 electoral officials for the exercise. According to him, �For the 2023 general elections, the Commission requires at least 707,384 presiding and assistant presiding officers, about 17,685 supervisory presiding officers, 9,620 collation/returning officers as well as 530,538 polling unit security officials, making a total…

“INEC to conduct �mock accreditation� ahead of Feb. polls; satisfied with progress” – Yakubu

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the Commission will conduct mock accreditation nationwide ahead of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, who disclosed this while speaking at the Chatham House, in London yesterday, expressed confidence that the election will hold as planned despite security challenges. He said the mock accreditation would be carried out across selected polling units to ascertain the integrity of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS) before the main elections begin in February. Yakubu, however, further revealed that every BVAS…

2023: “Military, DSS told INEC to go ahead with presidential, other elections” – Yakubu

January 15, 2023January 15, 2023 Aminu Imam

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says the Commission received �repeated assurance� from the military, Police and DSS to go ahead with the presidential, legislative, and governorship elections. The elections are scheduled for February 25 and March 11. The INEC Chairman refuted the earlier reported comments that the electoral body contemplated adjusting the election timetable, including postponing the polls. Recall that on Monday, Prof. Yakubu, represented by the chairman of the Board of Electoral Institute, Abdullahi Zuru, revealed that if the insecurity is not monitored…