2019 Elections: Why We Adopted Simultaneous Accreditation, Voting: INEC

2019 Elections: Why We Adopted Simultaneous Accreditation, Voting: INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it adopted the simultaneous accreditation and voting from the recommendations made by the Commonwealth Observer Mission which observed the 2015 general election in Nigeria.

Chairman of the commission, Prof Yakubu Mahmood, stated this yesterday when the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Nigeria, led by former Tanzanian President, Dr Jakaya Kikwete, visited the INEC headquarters in Abuja.

Yakubu recalled that the report of the 2015 Commonwealth Observer Mission contained thirty two recommendations, moreover as known establishments that ought to implement those recommendations.According to him, out of the eight recommendations planned to be enforced by INEC, the commission, after studying the report, implemented some administratively while those that required amendment of the constitution or the electoral act were sent to relevant authorities for further action.

The INEC chairman noted that since the adoption of the synchronous enfranchisement and selection, the commission had conducted 194 off season elections and had deployed the same process in all the elections.

He additionally educated the 2019 Commonwealth Observer team that the synchronous enfranchisement and selection has been enshrined within the laws and pointers for conduct of 2019 general elections.