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By Chuks Okocha Preparations for the 2023 general election have begun in earnest with a directive yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to commence the inventory of all election materials. The commission also said it would review its deliberations with stakeholders on the expansion of polling units. The directive was aimed at determining material shortfalls and to ...

Mahmood Yakubu’s duty is clearly cut out Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu was last week sworn in for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari, following his clearance by the Senate. This is a remarkable feat. Yakubu is the first chairman to be returned to the post of the electoral umpire since inception. That he is distrusted by the leadership of both the ruling All Progressives Congress (who accuse him of orchestrating their loss...