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We reject European Union’s Conclusions on 2023 General Elections – Dele Alake

Sometimes in May, we alerted the nation, through a press statement, to the plan by a continental multi-lateral institution to discredit the 2023 general elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The main target was the presidential election, clearly and fairly won by the then candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

While we did not mention the name of the organisation in the said statement, we made it abundantly clear to Nigerians how this foreign institution had been unrelenting in its assault on the credibility of the electoral process, the sovereignty of our country and on our ability as a people to organise ourselves. We find it preposterous and unconscionable that in this day and age, any foreign organisation of whatever hue can continue to insist on its own yardstick and assessment as the only way to determine the credibility and transparency of our elections.

Now that the organisation has submitted what it claimed to be its final report on the elections, we can now categorically let Nigerians and the entire world know that we were not unaware of the machinations of the European Union to sustain its, largely, unfounded bias and claims on the election outcomes.

For emphasis, we want to reiterate that the 2023 general elections, most especially the presidential election, won by President Bola Tinubu/All Progressives Congress, were credible, peaceful, free, fair and the best organised general elections in Nigeria since 1999.

There is no substantial evidence provided by the European Union or any foreign and local organisation that is viable enough to impeach the integrity of the 2023 election outcomes.

It is worth restating that the limitation of EU final assessment and conclusions on our elections was made very bare in the text of the press conference addressed by the Head of its Electoral Observation Mission, Barry Andrews. While addressing journalists in Abuja on the so-called final report, Andrews noted that EU-EOM monitored the pre-election and post-election processes in Nigeria from January 11 to April 11, 2023 as an INEC accredited election monitoring group. Within this period, EU-EOM observed the elections through 11 Abuja-based analysts, and 40 election observers spread across 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. With the level of personnel deployed, which was barely an average of one person per state, we wonder how EU-EOM independently monitored election in over 176,000 polling units across Nigeria.

We would like to know and even ask EU, how it reached the conclusions in the submitted final report with the very limited coverage of the elections by their observers who, without doubt, relied more on rumours, hearsay, cocktails of prejudiced and uninformed social media commentaries and opposition talking heads.

We are convinced that what EU-EOM called final report on our recent elections is a product of a poorly done desk job that relied heavily on few instances of skirmishes in less than 1000 polling units out of over 176,000 where Nigerians voted on election day.

We have many reasons to believe the jaundiced report, based on the views of fewer than 50 observers, was to merely sustain the same premature denunciatory stance contained in EU’s preliminary report released in March.

We strongly reject, in its entirety, any notion and idea from any organisation, group and individual remotely suggesting that the 2023 election was fraudulent.

Our earlier position that the technology-aided 2023 general elections were the most transparent and best organised elections since the return of civil rule in Nigeria has been validated by all non-partisan foreign and local observers such are the African Union, ECOWAS, Commonwealth Observer Mission and the Nigerian Bar Association.

Unlike EU-EOM that deployed fewer than 50 observers, the Nigerian Bar Association that sent out over 1000 observers spread across the entire country for same election gave a more holistic and accurate assessment of the elections in their own report.

NBA, an organisation of eminent lawyers and an important voice within the civic space, reported that 91.8 per cent of Nigerians rated the conduct of the national and state elections as credible and satisfactory. Any election that over 90% of the citizens considered transparent should be celebrated anywhere in the world.

It is heart-warming that INEC, through its National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, has come out to defend the integrity of the election it conducted by rejecting the false narratives in the EU report.

It is also gratifying that the electoral umpire, as an institution that is open to learning and continuous improvements, has also committed to taking on board more ideas, innovation and reforms that will further enhance the integrity and credibility of our electoral process.

As a country, we have put the elections behind us. President Tinubu is facing the arduous task of nation-building, while those who have reasons to challenge the process continue to do so through the courts. In just one month in office, Nigerians appear satisfied with the decisive leadership of President Tinubu and the manner he is redirecting the country to the path of fiscal sustainability and socio-economic reforms. We urge the EU and other foreign interests to be objective in all their assessments of the internal affairs of our country and allow Nigeria to breathe.

Dele Alake

Special Adviser to the President

(Special Duties, Communications and Strategy)

July 2, 2023
2023 General election audit indicts NBC of bias against opposition

An investigation by the Consortium of Nigerian Communication Scholars (CONCE) has indicted some government regulatory bodies, including the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), of undue bias against some media organisations before and during the just concluded Nigeria general elections.

According to a statement released by the CONCE, undue interferences from the government, particularly in states where access to the public space for Billboards and broadcast time was made extremely difficult for the opposition.

However, it noted that the 2023 Elections presented opportunities for increased use of creative communication as social media platforms dominated the traditional media outlets as obtained in the previous elections in the country.

“In terms of advertisements and access to broadcast media spaces, it appeared that the financial muscle of the political parties played a key role in determining which parties had access within the media space.

“While for the outdoor advertising, most of the advertisements for outdoor for instance did not go through vetting with only 30 per cent going the regulator, the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON),” the 2023 General Elections audit revealed.

CONCE noted that the election was the most keenly contested election in the history of the country, due to the high confidence and expectations placed in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the electronic transmission of results for the 2023 General Elections.

The CONCE is a non-partisan umbrella network of academic and professional communication associations and individual patriotic Nigerians who are committed to the purposeful uses of communication in all its aspects and ramifications to promote sustainable social development through research, education, capacity building, and advocacy.

The research teams include Newspaper, Radio/TV Journalism, Broadcast Advertising, Outdoor Advertising, Public Relations, social media, Political Action Committee, Media Effects, and Opinion Poll.

Team Leads for the Consortium that submitted the interim report were: Newspaper Journalism – Prof Nuhu Gapsiso, Radio/TV Journalism – Profs Samaila Mande and Ladi, Print and Broadcast Advertising – Prof Rotimi Olatunji and Outdoor Advertising – Omo Abunene.

Others are Public Relations – Prof Emmanuel S. Dandaura, Social Media – Dr. Osita Aniemeka, Communication Effects – Profs Ezekiel Asemah and Charles Okigbo, Political Action Groups (PACs) – Ambassador Aminu Wisdom and Public Opinion Polls – Dr. Ubadire Agua.

The research which lasted eight months, from September 2022 – April 2023, was moderated by US-based Nigerian Scholar, Prof Chinedu Afigbo-Mba and had contributions from thought leaders, public relations practitioners, academia, and students from across the country and beyond.

May 4, 2023
FACT-CHECK: Did the Nigeria police gun down ballot snatchers during Saturday’s polls?

A video has gone viral showing gunmen arriving at a polling unit on motorbikes to cause disruption to ongoing election.

The masked men scared everyone away as they brandished their riffles and went on to destroy the mounter polling booths and election materials.

Moments afterwards, gunshots were heard as a team of policemen closed in on the hoodlums and gunned down two of them.

Claim: The video went viral on Saturday just as presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria and continued to be shared on Sunday, giving the impression that the event has taken place at a polling unit in the country.

A twitter handle @KNUST_GAINS, posted the video on Saturday at 12:23pm with the caption: “Ballot Box snatchers shot in Nigeria”.

How true is this claim?: Checks by TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) has revealed that the video was shot in Ghana and was first published in 2020.

The viral video was a training session of the Ghana Police depicting how they will deal with thugs sent to snatch ballot boxes at any polling unit during the December 7th 2020 election.

The video was therefore intended to boost the confidence of Ghana citizens in the police’s ability to safeguard their votes during the 20220 general elections which saw the re-election of Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The post by @ @KNUST_GAINS gained over 28, 000 views, 274 likes and 51 retweets. In some of the retweets, the event to pinned to several locations in Nigeria such as Delta, Lagos and Port-Harcourt states.

Verdict: The claim that the video was recorded during Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, February 25^th 2023, is incorrect and misleading.

February 27, 2023
Intimidation, violence mar election in Lagos state

There have been reports of voter intimidation and ethnic discrimination in some Polling Units across Lagos state by some persons supporting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the presence of security officials.

Voting has largely been peaceful in the state but some videos have emerged showing pro-APC supporters insisting on the party or tribe that can be allowed to vote.

In one of the videos seen by this newspaper, the head of the Lagos state branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, could be heard threatening to resist any Igbo who attempted to vote.

“Any Igbo wen dem born well, make e come vote again; me I dey here,” Mc Oluomo said as a police officer standing by tapped him on the back as if trying to appease him as voters stood watching to see what would happen.

A second video captured a man clearly telling voters they would only be allowed to vote for the APC party.

“If you no fit vote APC for here, go your house. Nobody force you come here. I go come check am. If I see you vote another party, you go enter one chance. We no come joke for here,” the unidentified man yelled.

Political thugs supporting the ruling party also disrupted voting at Oba Yekini, Elegushi street; Ikate, Lekki; Akinyele street in Aguda, Surulere and Fadeyi areas of Lagos state, scattering ballot boxes and interfering with the election process, in the presence of security men.

“I collected a couple of slaps for fighting back before I got pulled from the melee, into a house for my safety. Now I have to be smuggled out of the voting area because I have been marked,” a journalist and CEO of Afrobeats Intelligence Joey Akan said.

The NewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that as of press time, RRS had arrived at Oba Elegushi after residents staged a protest chanting “we must vote” and with improved military presence, voting has resumed in the area.

February 25, 2023
2023 elections: How experts rate campaigns by political parties

As the 2023 general election draws near and political tensity in the country leaves the electorates and politicians in an anticipatory mood, Stakeholders in Communications have cautioned politicians of the hazard of using offensive language and public figure attacks in the course of a campaign.

The stakeholders, who expressed dissatisfaction over attacks and killing of personalities by political thugs, urged all contestants in the forthcoming election to focus on critical issues affecting Nigeria and how they would tackle them if elected into office.

Sowore vs Obi- who is better?

Speaking on Saturday, during a webinar anchored on the theme: “Assessing the 2023 Presidential Election Campaigns”, Comrade Ina Okopi-Aqu, National Secretary of the African Action Congress (AAC) averred that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, is not alternative Nigeria needs.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Comrade Okopi-Aqu stated Obi was not different from the old political stock, coming from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), adding that the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Comrade Omoyele Sowore, is a better option.

In his words: “The alternative we seek in Nigeria, if it is the PDP or Labour Party, then we do not have an alternative yet. Nigeria needs an alternative that is different from the PDP, the Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress (APC). So, we want Nigerians to look again at what is the alternative,” the AAC National Secretary said.

However, Diran Onifade, Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, who was present at the event held virtually via Zoom, countered the AAC Scribe, stressing that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate appeals to Nigerians in terms of expectation.

Onifade argued that the Labour Party is a special purpose vehicle for the kind of leadership Nigerians have been yearning for, adding that the ideas of Mr Peter Obi and his record of service resonate with the people of Nigeria.

He said: “Nigerians have constituted themselves as the structure for the Labour Party because the ideas of our presidential candidate and his records of service resonate with Nigerians. At the beginning, it didn’t look like that. The 2023 presidential election was looking like another contest between the two big parties. That was the kind of mindset we entered the election with.

“We did not take into consideration the fact that right there among the populace there was something that was building up that politicians were not ready for. They knew about the third force. When the process of the election started, the real third force emerged from the streets of Nigeria. That is the wave we are riding on”.

Record of campaign communication in addressing core issues

President and Chairman, of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo, on his part, pointed out that the communication aspect of campaigns by political parties has recorded an “absolute zero” in terms of addressing core issues.

According to Sirajo, This is because political parties and campaign managers do not attach importance to communication in what they are doing as it ought to.

He opined that such happens because political parties and electoral candidates do not appoint professionals as spokespersons or communication officers because they wrongly believe that communication is an all-comers affair.

Sirajo noted that Communication is a very serious business that demands that one gets it right by being able to use it appropriately in engaging the people, especially during the political season when those seeking elective offices are constantly reaching out.

“The component of the campaigns of virtually all the political parties have in my opinion been absolutely zero. That is because the political parties and their campaign managers believe that communication is not worth giving attention as it ought to be. That is why you see political parties appointing anybody they like as their spokesperson, believing that communication is an all-comers affair,” he stated.

Presidential candidates journey to Chatham House

The NIPR President said campaign spokespersons have instead of engaging Nigerians in robust discussions about what their principals intend to do when elected, have been busy attacking the personalities of perceived political opponents.

He faulted the idea of presidential candidates going to Chatham House, London to speak about their policy plans if elected, and wondered whether their validation ought to come from Britain or the Nigerian electorate.

Speaking further, Sirajo advised electoral candidates to address the issue of how they communicate with the people.

The workshop, which was anchored by a team of communications, academics and media professionals led by Ambassador Aminu Wisdom and Professor Charles Okigbo, was hosted on the platform of Prime Business Africa, a news organisation focusing on coverage of socio-economic issues in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.

Jackson Centre for Innovative Journalism and Media Development (JCIJMD), TheNewsGuru and the New Nigeria Network also supported the project.

Nigeria has the potential to be a great economy

Aminu, in his opening remarks, said the session was to provide a better understanding of what the political parties are doing in their use of communication for the upcoming elections.

He noted that expert indicators have shown that Nigeria has the potential to be a great economy if the resources are properly deployed and managed by competent leadership.

Aminu stressed that the 2023 elections present a unique opportunity for the Nigerian people to make the right choices of managers of the country’s resources to fulfil those potentials.

Drawing a nexus between free and fair elections and communications around political campaigns and the electoral process, the popular diplomat said: “Free and fair elections are prefaced on strategic communication election campaigns. We are here today to get a better understanding of what our political parties are doing in their use of communication for the upcoming elections.”

The programme also had representatives of political parties and candidates hint at how they have fared with the pattern of communication strategies in the ongoing campaigns.

Some communication scholars who attended the colloquium identified shortcomings in the pattern of communications adopted by various political parties and candidates and how much impact the delivery of their messages to Nigerians.

They include Prof. Rotimi Olatunji, Department of Public Relations and Advertising, Lagos State University; Prof. Nuhu Gapsiso, Mass Communication Department, University of Maiduguri; and Prof. Emmanuel Dandaura, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.

Responding, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari, Garba Shehu, who also participated in the colloquium, urged the forum of communication professionals to enlighten those working for the politicians in the communications sphere about how to effectively market political parties and candidates, especially in this era of online media.

January 29, 2023
APC, PDP exceeded N1 bn campaign spending limit in last election, INEC says

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of running afoul of the Electoral Act by spending beyond the N1 billion ceiling.

To this end, INEC said it has prepared forms that would make the process easier to track expenditures and had also trained auditors from the registered political parties.

The commission’s Director, Elections and Party Monitoring, Aminu Idris, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos at the two-day capacity-building workshop for journalists on critical issues in the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Commission’s Processes, Innovations, Preparations for the 2023 General Election.

INEC noted that the two major parties are among those that are yet to submit their audit reports from the last general election.

The Director of Election and Party Monitoring said only 34 political parties out of the 91 registered parties that participated in the 2019 elections have submitted their audit reports.

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Among the 34 however, only nine met the full requirements of submitting audit reports accompanied by an affidavit.

He said, “In the 2019 general election, we tracked election expenses and we have a report of that. In 2023, we will go through this process.

“The commission tracks expenditure for general elections. In the last report we did, we had some figures from the presidential election of the two major parties. We remember that then, the maximum limit was N1bn and what we had based on our tracking across the country was N4.6bn and N3.3bn. What we tracked were about four items namely billboards, print media advertisements, electronic media advertisements and coverage/programmes.”

On the audit report, Idris said, “In the 2019 election based on requirements for auditing reporting, 91 political parties participated and about 34 submitted reports of expenditure.

“But even among the 34, there were issues of compliance with the reports. Out of the 34, only nine fully complied with submitting a report with an affidavit. The commission is already auditing the accounts of political parties over the last five years; 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.”

When asked if the major parties were part of the 34 that had submitted their audit report, he simply said “In the list of the 34 political parties that submitted audit reports for the 2019 election, the major parties were not among.”

INEC’s Electoral Institute also gave an estimated breakdown of some of the 1.4 million ad-hoc staff members to be trained ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The institute’s Director-General, Sa’ad Idris, said, “We will train about 17,685 supervising presiding officers; 707,384 presiding officers/assistants presiding officers; 11,083 collation officers; 12,991 registration area technical officers; 20,000 security officers and 6,009 registration area centres managers.”

September 28, 2022
Reps hopeful criticises INEC’s old election data, says its fraught with rigging

Politicians and election stakeholders have been told to discountenance the previous election data from 1999 to 2019 as they are fraught with rigging through the use incident forms and other methods of manipulation by political par

One of the National Assembly candidates for 2023, Chief Peter Ameh started this on Monday during a Media Parley with journalists in Lokoja the Kogi State Capital.

He said the data lacked transparency, saying that several underhand dealings were done to come with the information, noting that the 2023 election, where true voting would be done would determine the future of the country.

The candidate noted that he had had direct interaction with his constituents, noted that he had put machineries in place to ensure there was no misplacement of priority on projects that are really needed when he becomes a legislator.

Chief Ameh stressed his commitment towards evolving a system that would ensure People’s voices are truly heard, without recourse to only what he wants as a representative of the people, but what the people feel was best for their communities.

In his words, “I don’t want a situation where I would sink a borehole for the people who, in actual fact, need electricity and vice versa. There are also people who may need jobs and at the end you might try to empower them one way or the way.”

The candidate insisted that party structures would not be the problem in Labour Party, which he claimed is well grounded in Kogi State.

Ameh added that if he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives, he would ensure that all criminal tendencies were stopped, noting that Nigeria would be better when the right leaders are elected.

He noted that the party has well enthrenched structures across the length and breadth of the country since it is a party that has won governorship seat for two terms in Ondo State, and House of Representatives and state assembly seats in other part of the country.

September 27, 2022
2023: INEC charges media on neutrality

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has charged the media to continuously maintain good reputation and remain unbiased ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Professor Yakubu gave the charge in a message to a Two-Day Capacity Building Workshop on the commission’s Processes, Innovations, Preparations For The 2023 General Election And Critical Issues In The Electoral Act 2022 For Press Corps Members held in Lagos.

The workshop was organized in partnership with the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EUSDGN) and Development Alternative Incorporated (DAI).

The INEC Chairman was represented by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.

He said media should assist in passing the right information and create awareness on the voters right adding that fake news could lead to an electoral doom for the nation.

Prof Yakubu noted that the role of the media in election management should not be allowed to thwart the commission’s umpire status by subjecting itself as addendum of political parties.

”The Commission is conscious of the critical role of the media in our political and electoral process and believes that democracy will only grow and flourish through adherence by the media to professional and ethical standards. Indeed, true democracy cannot exist without effective information flow.

”The INEC Press Corp is an indispensable partner in electoral process and they provide a veritable platform and pathway for the dissemination of electoral information to the Nigerian public. The Commission will continue to collaborate with the Press Corp in providing the requisite information that enables them to engage the electoral process and educate citizens to make informed choices”, he noted.

Professor Yakubu advised political parties to adhere to peaceful campaign conduct by avoiding abusive language that could stair up violence.

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”We urge all the 18 registered political parties to critically study and pay attention to the provisions of the Constitution, the Electoral Act, the Police Act and the Public Order Act for the proper and peaceful conduct of political campaigns, rallies and processions.

“A political campaign or slogan shall not be tainted with abusive language directly or indirectly likely to injure religious, ethnic, tribal or sectional feelings. Abusive, intemperate, slanderous or base language or innuendoes designed or likely to provoke violent reaction or emotions shall not be employed or used in political campaigns.

Okoye assured that the Commission will continue to deploy the use of appropriate technology saying it is the only way to secure free, fair and credible poll explaining that the Commission has entered into a critical phase of the process noting that it will be completing 8 out of the 14 stages of the process outline in the timetable and schedule of activities for the General Election today.

In a remark, the Resident Electoral Commissioner(REC), Lagos State, Segun Agbaje charged the media to remain apolitical in its coverage of political issues, further enlighten the voters and collaborate with INEC to mobilize the electorate to participate actively to exercise their civic franchise.

September 26, 2022
2023: Court confirms Shittu Ikorodu PDP NASS candidate

The Federal High Court in Lagos has declared Abdul-Kareem Shittu as the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ikorodu Federal Constituency in 2023.

Justice Daniel Osiagor made the declaration on Friday, saying Shittu won the party’s Reps primary election conducted May 24, 2022 by a simple majority.

Justice Osiagor ordered the PDP to submit Shittu’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the validly nominated candidate for the constituency.

He ordered this while delivering judgment in Shittu’s suit challenging the PDP’s purported submission of the name of the third defendant in the suit, Awesu AbdulAzeez to INEC as its candidate for the constituency.

The PDP and INEC are first and second defendants.

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Delivering judgment on preliminary objection of the 3rd defendant on the ground that the matter was statute-barred, Justice Osiagor held that the plaintiff did not run afoul of Section 285 of the Electoral Act which prescribed a 14-day window for pre-election matters.

The Judge further held that what Shittu complained of was not the result of the election but the purported submission of the name of the third defendant to INEC on June 17, which he became aware of on June 18, adding that the plaintiff’s suit took care of that window limitation.

On the third defendant’s objection that the plaintiff did not seek the resolution of the dispute through the internal mechanism of the party as stipulated in the party’s constitution, Justice Osiagor held that the party’s rule was subservient to the Electoral Act.

He added that the provisions in the party’s rules which provided for internal mechanism in dispute resolution could not rob the Federal High Court of jurisdiction that was freely given under the Electoral Act.

The judge also held that there was no cogent reason given for the repeat election of June 6, nor the cancellation of that primary election of May 24 as the INEC form was signed by officials of the party responsible for same.

In addition, Justice Osiagor noted that the INEC official countersigned it with the name of the plaintiff written on it as winner of the primary election.

The judge said to make matters worse, the PDP did not come to court to deny or file any document to prove the genuineness of the June 6 result tendered by the plaintiff.

In all, Justice Osiagor granted prayers one to five on the face of the plaintiff’s motion paper. He struck out reliefs six and seven, and dismissed reliefs eight and nine.

The judge warned that politicians should note that gone were the days when they would gather people together in the name of elections and later go back to over rule the mandate given by the people.

In his affidavit before the court, Shittu had averred that he participated in the primary election conducted by the PDP to elect its candidate for the House of Representatives in Ikorodu on May 24, 2022, and got the highest number of vote cast.

He averred that having won the primary election, his name was announced in the presence of all the party’s members who witnessed and participated in the election and his name was entered into the official result slip of the party.

Shittu stated that the party later cancelled the primary election due to a petition written by the third respondent, and the party rescheduled the election following which it was held on June 6.

He averred that at the rescheduled primary election in which he and Awesu AbdulAzeez participated, both of them got the same number of votes and based on that and in line with the party’s guidelines for primary election to nominate its candidate, there should be re-run.

The plaintiff added that the party didn’t conduct any re-run election but went ahead to nominate the third respondent as its candidate to INEC.

September 10, 2022
INEC announces recruitment for 2023 General Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the recruitment exercise to engage ad-hoc staff for the 2023 General Election.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC to have disclosed that the portal for the recruitment exercise will open on Wednesday the 14th of September and close on the 30th of November 2022.

“The Commission has approved the re-activation of INECPRES both the Mobile App for Android phones only and the web portal (laptops only).

“To this end, the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-hoc staff (SPO/PO/APO/RATECHS/RAC Managers) except the Collation officers,” a statement by INEC reads.

See details of the INEC ad-hoc staff recruitment exercise below:

September 7, 2022