Tag: INEC

2023: INEC clears air on mode of transmitting election results

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Commission has not jettisoned the electronic transmission of election results and reverted to the manual process. The Commission also said an explanation of its result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of results and reverted to the manual process is not correct. According to an issued statement, titled: “Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result”, signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, INEC reassured Nigerians that the…

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Petition nears a 25,000 target demanding INEC to include names, pictures of candidates on ballot papers 

Aminu Imam

An online petition demanding the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to include the names and pictures of candidates on ballot papers has gained traction, and is nearing its 25,000 target. The petition, which was hosted on the world largest petition platform, change.org, is targeting 25,000 signatures before it becomes a document to be forwarded to policy makers for consideration. It was started by Otuto Chukwuocha a few days ago, has approximately over 23, 800 signatures as of Tuesday evening on the on-line platform. Presenting the petition, Chukwuocha said that including…

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INEC debunks invasion, carting away of enrollment machines by thugs in Lagos

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Lagos State, has said that thugs did not cart away its voter enrollment machines in Surulere area, as reported in some sections of the media. Some online media yesterday reported that thugs invaded INEC Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centre, situated at St. Bridget Catholic Church Ijesha, in Surulere, and carted away INEC enrollment machines. However, reacting to the development, INEC’s Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Mrs. Adenike Oriowo, told newsmen that though the exercise was disrupted because of the surge, no machine…

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SERAP sues INEC for allegedly failing to prosecute vote-buyers

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), for “failing to prosecute those suspected of vote-buying and electoral bribery” in the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State. In an issued statement yesterday, SERAP cited reports that suggested there was a brazen pattern of vote-buying and electoral bribery at several polling units in the state, including bargaining prices for votes and payments made in uncompleted buildings. Filing the suit last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the group is seeking “an…

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INEC to publish particulars of candidates for 2023 state elections today

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide today, Friday. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr. Hale Longpet, yesterday at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law.  “As we continue to prepare for the 2023 General…

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2023: INEC clarifies ‘placeholder’ argument in wake of PDP lawsuit seeking candidates disqualification

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has responded to the lawsuit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) over their choice of presidential running mates. The Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this clarification yesterday, during an interview on a television programme. Earlier, the PDP filed a lawsuit against INEC in an effort to prevent the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi,…

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Enugu: 748 ballot boxes, 240 cubicles burnt, as IPOB hoodlums again set INEC office ablaze

Aminu Imam

Hoodlums have razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze-North local government area of Enugu State. This came barely weeks after the INEC State Headquarters was attacked and vehicles and other valuables torched. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye disclosed this in an issued press statement yesterday in Abuja. According to him, the attack occurred on Sunday night, destroying about 748 ballot boxes and 240 voting cubicles in the process. The statement partly reads: “Recall that on May 23, 2021,…

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2022 Osun Election: ‘Security, vote-buying our major concerns’ – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has identified vote-buying and insecurity as some of its major concerns ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State. Speaking on Saturday on INEC’s preparedness for the election, the Commission’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said plans are on to record a smooth election in the state. The poll, fixed for July 16, is one of the eight off-cycle governorship elections in Nigeria. With the improvement recorded in the performance of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) among other technical successes recorded during the just concluded…

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INEC extends voter registration exercise indefinitely

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which was to end yesterday, June 30, indefinitely. Its national commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in an issued statement yesterday. INEC directed all the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioners and local government Electoral Officers to continue with the exercise, pending further directives from the Commission. Okoye said the Commission has consistently reiterated its resolve to continue to provide electoral services to the Nigerian people and register all eligible…

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2023: INEC registers 10,487,972 new voters

Aminu Imam

…Youths account for 58% The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has disclosed that the on-going voter registration exercise across the nation has recorded a total of over 10 million voters. According to an update of current registered voters, the Commission said that 10,487,972 Nigerians have registered for the Permanent Voters Card (PVC). Giving a breakdown of the registration of voters, INEC said that those that have completed their registration stood at 8,631,696, comprising 3,250,449 that registered online, and 5,381,247 that did physical registration. According to the data posted by INEC,…

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