INEC tells women to eschew material, monetary inducement for election

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…

Read More