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We’re already strategising ahead of 2023 general election -INEC

Ezekiel Johnson
Ezekiel Johnson
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The ongoing review of the 2019 elections is to improve on the conduct of the general election ahead of 2023.

This was made known by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, who spoke to journalists in Kaduna, said the review was being carried out so that adequate attention would be given to necessary areas.

Okoye was in Kaduna for the Catholic Men Organization 2019 Fathers Day Celebration held at St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral.

He said for example, areas requiring legislative actions would be urgently attended to before the next general election.

His words:  “What we normally do after every election is to start preparing for next election.

“We have finished what we call first state level review of the 2019 election; we have also done the review of the election with our electoral officers.

“This week we are going to review the election with political parties, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.

“Next week, we are moving to Lagos State to have a review with our administrative secretaries and our Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC).

“We are going to harvest and document all these reviews, look at the recommendations that have legislative flavour and work with the leadership of NASS to make sure we get good legislative framework that will lead us to conduct good election in 2023.

“The ones that need administrative review we will do it administratively.

“So we are getting ready, there is significant lessons arising from 2019 election; we are taking all this on board by starting our own reviews.”

He also spoke on what INEC was doing on the reports of the local and international observers over the 2019 election.

He said while the commission would take the positive sides of the reports and consolidate on them, the negative aspects would be considered too and corrections effected where necessary.

“The purpose is improving the electoral regime and electoral framework,” he said.

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