The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will continue to abide by relevant laws and constitutional provisions on registration of political parties in the country. Aminu Idris, INEC Head, Election and Party Monitoring Department, said this at a policy roundtable on modalities for measuring political parties’ performance in Nigeria in Abuja. The roundtable was organised by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) with support from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Idris, represented by Shehu Wahab, an INEC official, said that party registration had requirements and INEC would continue to act…
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INEC trains staff on political party management ahead of 2023 Poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Kaduna opened a three-day workshop for electoral officers responsible for monitoring elections and political parties. INEC is being supported by the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) to train the staff on Party Management and Administration ahead of 2023 polls. Mr Aminu Idris, INEC’s Director, Election and Party Monitoring said at the opening of the workshop that, the participants were drawn from INEC offices in the 19 Northern states. Idris said the workshop was to build the capacity of the staffs…
Read MoreINEC provides update on creation of new polling units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the new polling units will soon be made public, to allow eligible registrants to choose where they wish to register and vote on Election Day. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners, (RECs), hinted that, “our plan is to conclude the on-going consultations and the actual work on the polling units in earnest so that the new locations will be made public for eligible registrants to choose where they wish to register and vote…
Read MoreINEC to create new polling units
Ahead of preparations for the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is pushing for the creation of additional 57,023 polling units. The initiation, it said, is to enable more Nigerians to vote. The INEC will also hold talks with Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Arewa Consultative Forum, PANDEF, the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, ( NSCIA) and civil society groups, to secure their support for the plan. If all the stakeholders endorse INEC’s plans, it will be the first time since 1996…
Read MoreINEC lists five challenges ahead of 2023 elections
As politicians step-up horse-trading ahead of subsequent elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has listed five main areas of likely challenges that could confront the Commission in the conduct of the election and the 2023 general election. These areas include expanding voter access to polling units in the context of a growing population, the growth of new settlements across the country and validation of the voters roll and Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in the shadow of the COVID- 19 pandemic. Others are the amendment of the…
Read MoreNASS wants INEC to consider underage married girls as voters
The National Assembly’s Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission Matters has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to consider any married girl that is not up to 18 as eligible to vote. The committee made the call while proposing a review of the provision in the Electoral Act on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. According to reports, the review was proposed to the Technical Committee on Electoral Reform by the Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya, and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Aisha…
Read MoreINEC declares Zamfara constituency bye-election inconclusive
As 2 ad-hoc staff are declared missing The bye-election conducted in Bakura constituency in c has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Returning Officer, Prof. Ibrahim Magawata told journalists that the election results of five polling units in Bakura ward have been cancelled. The affected units according to Professor Magawata have a total number of 11,429 votes. He announced that the PDP candidate, Ibrahim Tudu scored a total number of 18,645 votes, while the APC candidate, Bello Dankande Gamji polled 16, 464. He further said…
Read MoreSenate confirms Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu as INEC Chairman
The Senate yesterday confirmed the appointment of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation was given during a plenary in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This comes five days after the Senate Committee on INEC has screened Yakubu following his nomination for appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that on November 26, the screening session took place at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. In his remarks, Professor Yakubu appealed to the National Assembly to pass the Amended Electoral Act Bill…
Read MoreLagos, Bayelsa, other pending bye-elections for Dec. 5 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the pending bye elections for December 5. According to a statement it issued yesterday, INEC’s National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, the Commission said that based on consultations with stakeholders in the eleven states where the elections will take place, it believes that security in the affected States has improved, “consequently, the Commission has decided to hold all the pending bye-elections on Saturday December 5, 2020.”
Read MoreINEC: Yakubu hands over to AVM Mu’azu as Ag chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu yesterday handed over the chairmanship of the Commission to Air Vice-Marshal Ahmed Mu’azu (rtd), a national commissioner of the electoral body. The handing over ceremony took place at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Mu’azu, who is from the North-East, was hitherto in charge of the electoral logistics committee of the Commission. The new acting chairman, who will serve in an acting capacity pending the confirmation of Yakubu’s re-nomination or otherwise by the Senate, was first appointed by President Buhari in…
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