Tag: INEC

2023: “Let’s tackle violent campaigns before it becomes fire” – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said that the attacks amongst political parties at campaigns and denial of access to public facilities for electioneering activities were prelude to violence on Election Day and beyond. The Commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who raised the concern at the third quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Abuja, also called on security agencies and other stakeholders to “tackle the smoke before it snowballs into a major inferno’. He suggested that beyond vote-buying, there must also be decisive…

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2023: “We’ll partner with INEC to arrest, prosecute persons involved in vote-buying”, EFCC warns

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that it will partner with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to arrest and prosecute persons involved in vote-buying. The EFCC Chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa, who stated this in an interview in Abuja yesterday, said the Commission will continue to work with INEC to curb vote buying, especially during the 2023 general elections. “We are trying to ensure that illegitimate funds are not finding their way into our electoral processes. “The cases of those arrested for vote buying in previous elections are on-going…

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2023: ’93m voters to decide Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, others fate’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has added a total of 9.518million new voters to the existing 84million voter register, bringing the preliminary number of prospective voters in the 2023 general elections to 93 million. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the disclosure yesterday during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja, and also reiterated the earlier resolve of the commission to conduct transparent, free, fair and credible polls in 2023. Prof. Yakubu maintained that regardless of insinuations, there is no going back on…

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Kaduna Campaign Attacks: INEC expresses concern over violent campaigns, summons emergency meeting

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the spate of violence at the electioneering campaign. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, raised concerns yesterday, at the ‘Training of Master trainers on technologies for the 2023 General Elections‘, which was held in Abuja. This came barely 24 hours after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign was attacked by suspected thugs in Kaduna State. The Commission said it would summon the leaders of political parties participating in the 2023 general election over the potential threat of violence next week. Describing…

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“Probe INEC voters’ register before elections” – Arewa group urges FG

Aminu Imam

…Demands INEC boss sack A group, the Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG) has called on Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and members of his team to humbly resign so as to enable an independent probe into allegation of insertion of foreigners’ names in the voters’ register. The call was made by the Chairman, Arewa Citizens’ Watch for Good Governance. (ACWGG), Hon. Mohammed Grema Adamu, in an issued statement yesterday. According to the group,  “As some of you may be aware, on 15th of…

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2023: CUPP, CSOs alleges plot to sack INEC Chairman, force Commission to dump electronic results transmission

Aminu Imam

Eighteen registered political parties under the platform of Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), have raised the alarm over an alleged fresh plot to remove Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in a bid to truncate the 2023 general election. The Coalition, which comprises the majority of the opposition political parties in the country, made the allegation during a press conference yesterday, in Abuja. This is just as the CUPP and other concerned Nigerians also revealed a plan to pressure the Commission to…

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2023: ‘We’re worried by security situation in S’East, North-West’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has expressed worry over the worsening security situation in some parts of the country ahead of the 2023 general election. Prof. Yakubu, who spoke at a National Endowment for Democracy event, which was held in Washington DC, in the United States, particularly cited the growing insecurity in the South-East and the North-West geo-political zones as worrying. He added that the Commission is especially keeping its eyes on the South-East region, where rampaging gunmen have killed some INEC staff as…

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2023: UN backs INEC to conduct credible elections

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Cross-section of officials of United Nations-Development Programme UNDP and INEC during training of INECs Heads of Departments in South South and South East held in Port Harcourt on Friday

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it is collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2023. Matthew Alao, UNDP Team Lead, Governance, Peace and Security, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day training organised by the UN body in Port Harcourt on Friday.  Alao said that UNDP collaborated with INEC’s Election Monitoring Support Centre (EMSC) to train its Head of Departments (HODs) in South South and South East for successful conduct of the elections. According to him, the successful…

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Electoral Law: What to know about the 2023 election campaign

Aminu Imam

…N5bn spending cap, donation can’t exceed N50m, etc. Ahead of the 2023 elections, after months of anticipation and preparation, yesterday, September 28, 2022, the day stipulated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for political parties to commence campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections in 2023, has finally come to pass. With the elections expected to be keenly contested, the stakes will be high as parties set to begin the process of convincing citizens to vote for their candidates. As the campaign season has kicked-off, stakeholders have pointed out…

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Campaign: INEC cautions political parties on abusive, hate speech

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the formal flag-off of the campaigns of the 18 registered political parties this Wednesday, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has advised the political parties “to critically study and pay attention to the provisions of the Constitution, the Electoral Act, the Police Act and the Public Order Act for the proper and peaceful conduct of political campaigns, rallies and processions”. He reminded the parties that their campaigns and slogans must not be tainted with “abusive language directly or indirectly likely to injure religious,…

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