Tag: INEC

2023: INEC releases guidelines for elections, bars telephones from polling booths

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has released its Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022. It announced this on its official Twitter handle: @inecnigeria, yesterday. The Commission tweeted, “The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has unveiled the revised INEC Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections.” The 37-page document, downloadable from the commission’s website, contains 106 guidelines and regulations for elections as well as health measures during the conduct of elections. In article 30 of the guideline, the Commission stated that telephones and electronic devices capable…

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Voters Registration: SERAP to sue INEC if it fails to extend deadline

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has threatened to take legal actions against the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) if the body fails to extend the deadline for voter registration. In a statement on its verified Twitter handle while reacting to the extension of party primary elections, SERAP urged INEC to extend the same gesture to voters’ registration to enable eligible Nigerians to register for their Permanent Voter Cards, (PVCs). Recall that the electoral body had on Friday, extended the deadline for political parties to conduct their primary elections…

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SERAP writes INEC, seeks details of financial transactions of political parties

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to “widely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the National Assembly since 2015”. SERAP urged him to “urgently examine the books and records of financial transactions of political parties, and to make public the outcome of any such examination.” SERAP also urged him to “provide details of the guidelines, and steps that INEC…

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2023: We will not deploy to insecurity prone areas – INEC Awaits Supreme Court judgment on CBN Gov. to take a stand

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Muhammed Haruna, a veteran journalist is a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) representing the North Central. In this interview with Voice of Liberty’ Abdull-Azeez ahmed Kadir, Haruna speaks about the Continues Voters Registration (CVR), insecurity and 2023 polls, monitoring of campaign funds by political parties, the stand of the commission with regards to CBN Governor’s decision to go to court to decide his fate on 2023 presidency. Voice of Liberty: Let’s start with the issues of Continues Voters registration. How far has the Commission gone? Haruna:…

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2023: INEC cautions political parties against non-transparent primaries

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday cautioned political parties against non-transparent primaries in order to sustain Nigeria’s democracy. The FCT INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC), Yahaya Bello, made the call at the ‘Stakeholders Interactive Session in Respect of the Forthcoming Political Party Congresses and Primaries’, in Abuja. According to Bello, the call became imperative because a good and credible election begins with a transparent and credible part primaries crowned with internal democracy. He recalled that during the just concluded FCT Area Council Election, the results of some primaries…

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INEC chairman, CCB dragged to court over failure to declare assets

Aminu Imam

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has been dragged before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, over alleged failure to declare his assets. Also joined in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/33/2021 is the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). In the suit, the plaintiff, Hon. Emmanuel Agonsi, is praying the court to compel CCB to make Yakubu’s asset declaration form public. He is seeking an order of mandamus directing and compelling the 1st Respondent, the CCB, either by its staff, officers, privies, servants or otherwise…

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It’s too late to tinker with 2023 elections timelines – INEC

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this while speaking on Monday in Abuja. Okoye spoke against the backdrop of the two months extension of deadline for the conduct of parties’ primary recently sought by Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC). According to him, any change in the June 3 deadline will affect other activities for elections. “The timetable and schedule of…

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2023: INEC rules out extension of deadline for parties’ primaries

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), yesterday ruled out the extension of the deadline for the conclusion of primaries by political parties in the country. The Commission had asked the 18 political parties in the country to complete the primaries by June 3. However, the parties had asked INEC to extend the timeline for the exercises by two months. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. He said: “Let me reiterate the position of the Commission that there…

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2023: Political parties demand two months extension of primaries timeline

Aminu Imam

The 18 registered political parties in the country have demanded the extension of the timelines for the conduct of the primary election by 2 months, to enable them to carry out a credible and hitch-free exercise. The chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, made the request at a consultative meeting between the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties in Abuja, yesterday. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) had in February released the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election, directing political…

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2023: INEC insists on June 3 deadline for party primaries

Aminu Imam

…Urges political parties to adhere to guidelines The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has urged all political parties in the country to adhere to timelines for the conduct of their primary elections to produce candidates for the 2023 polls, insisting that the deadline remains Friday, June 3, 2022. Recall that on February 26, 2022, the Commission released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election. It provides for parties to conduct their primaries for the nomination of candidates from April 4 to June 3, 2022. A statement…

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