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Yakubu Remarks by Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at an emergency meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) held yesterday in Abuja. •Let me commence by welcoming you all to this emergency meeting. The Commission has had an exceedingly eventful two months since we last met on 8th March 2021. Some of the events have been very positive and encouraging, but others have been less so. • On the positive side, the commission conducted 28 out of 32 bye-elections across the country since the 2019 General Election, in addition...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans harmonise reports from states on Polling Units (PUs) expansion

[FILES] INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Photo; TWITTER/INECNIGERIA The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans harmonise reports from states on Polling Units (PUs) expansion, to ensure that they are in conformity with its guidelines. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. Okoye said the commission has concluded its verification relating to the expansion and relocation of PUs across the country. He said that INEC was...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the impending commencement of Continuous Voter Registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission may be the first test to win stakeholders confidence towards successful conduct of national elections in 2023 Almost three years after it suspended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced its readiness to resume the exercise in about 58 days. INEC suspended the CVR on August 31, 2018, promising to start again after the 2019 national elections. The pledge to continue the CVR in the first ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last month said it intends to update the 119,973 Polling Units (PUs) and over 57,000 voting Points (VPs) Nigeria has been stuck with for 25 years. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Festus Okoye, said this in Abuja at the end of the management meeting of the commission. The decision is to reflect the realities of population growth and the establishment of new settlements in the country. In August 2014, INEC proposed the creation of 30, 027 more polling units, with the northern region ge...