INEC Announces Date to Conduct Review of 2023 General Elections
- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed July 4 to review the 2023 general elections
- According to Festus Okoye, INEC's national commissioner and chairman of the information and voter education committee, the election review is to learn lessons and plan ahead
- Okoye said the electoral body has been conducting review meetings after every general election since 2011
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FCT, Abuja -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a date to review the 2023 general elections.
The INEC national commissioner and chairman information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye, said the review would commence on July 4 and end on August 5, 2023, TheCable reported.
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Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, June 22, added that the review will focus on all aspects of the electoral activities before, during, and after the elections.
According to Okoye, INEC has been holding review meetings after every general election since 2011.
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He explained that the review is aimed at learning lessons from the elections and charting the way forward.
The statement reads:
“The review will commence with a meeting of the resident electoral commissioners (RECs) on 4th July 2023 and end with the commission’s retreat on 5th August 2023.
“At state level, the internal review will involve the commission’s regular and ad hoc staff, including RECs, the 774 electoral officers, heads of departments, administrative secretaries as well as some presiding officers and collation/returning officers.
“The external engagement will involve critical stakeholders such as political parties, security agencies, election observers, the media and service providers such as transporters that facilitated the movement of personnel and materials for the election.
“The review will focus on all aspects of the electoral activities before, during and after the elections. Specifically, the commission welcomes actionable recommendations from stakeholders towards strengthening institutional capacity for the discharge of its responsibilities and the enhancement of processes and procedures.”
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