The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, mentioned it has commenced the implementation of a few of the suggestions made by stakeholders from the 2023 basic elections.
INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu acknowledged this through the maiden go to of the brand new European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, to the fee on Tuesday in Abuja.
He mentioned that INEC had already commenced work on the assessment of its planning instruments, such because the Strategic Plan and the Election Challenge Plan, for future elections.
Yakubu mentioned that because the 2023 basic elections, the fee had obtained studies from lots of the 206 nationwide and international teams and worldwide organisations accredited to watch the elections.
He famous that the stakeholders, together with the European Union Election Statement Mission, EU-EOM, had made a complete of 23 suggestions, eight of which required motion by the fee.
Yakubu acknowledged that 15 of the suggestions additionally required motion from the chief, the judiciary, the legislature, in addition to different stakeholders, resembling civil society organisations, the media, faith-based organisations, and political events.
“The eight particular suggestions for INEC relate to the dissemination of the fee’s rules and tips for elections, coaching of election responsibility workers, and deployment of electoral expertise.
“Different areas embrace the end result administration course of, steady registration of voters, cleansing up of the voters’ register, participation of marginalised teams within the electoral course of, and voting by internally displaced individuals, IDPs.
“On our half, the fee undertook an in depth inner and exterior assessment of the 2023 basic elections, involving the participation of our personal officers and stakeholders throughout the board.
“We produced a 524-page principal report and a 74-page assessment report containing 142 suggestions. The 2 studies have already been uploaded to our web site,” he mentioned.
The INEC chairman added that the fee had additionally commenced the implementation of facets of the suggestions that required solely administrative motion.
“As an example, in a few of the off-cycle, re-run, and bye-elections performed because the basic elections, there was an enchancment within the high quality of coaching for advert hoc workers, together with the deployment of extra BVAS machines for this objective,” he mentioned.
Yakubu additionally highlighted the great enchancment within the performance of BVAS machines for voter accreditation, utilizing fingerprint or facial authentication.
INEC begins implementation of suggestions from 2023 basic elections
