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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission and stakeholders in the electoral process, on Wednesday, renewed the agitation for inclusiveness in politics to promote the participation of under-represented groups in Nigeria.
The commission identified lack on internal democracy as one of the biggest challenges it had faced, as political parties were not allowing their members to fully participate in their activities.
INEC said that no political party could grow if it failed to allow members to participate in its activities.
The stakeholders made their submissions in Abuja during a meeting on political party reforms jointly organised by the Election and Party Monitoring Department of INEC in conjunction with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
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Summary: Middle-power democracies should not tread water while waiting for the United States to address its own democratic crisis. They must help revamp global democracy support using their comparative strengths.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission is currently reviewing its Voter Education Manual with a view to designing better voter education messages that will improve citizen’s participation in the nation’s electoral process.
The National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, disclosed this on Saturday.
A statement by INEC’s Assistant Director (Publicity), Chinwe Ogbuka, quoted Okoye as speaking at the closing ceremony of a five-day workshop for the review of INEC Voter Education Manual held in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
“INEC Voter Education Manual is being reviewed by the Department of Voter Education and Publicity with the aim of identifying and including best methods of designing voter education messages to increase citizens participation in the electoral process. The is supported by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was reviewing its adopted technologies for elections, with the view of introducing new ones to improve conduct of the elections ahead of 2023.
The INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Department (VEP), Mr Nick Dazang, disclosed this at a workshop for the department on the “Review of National Voter Education Manual” held in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
The five-day workshop is organised by INEC in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD).
Dazang, speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the workshop, said INEC began the process for electronic voting since 2004 when it introduced optic map registration forms.