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2023: Your Allegiance Only To Nigerians, Not Politicians – INEC Warn Staffs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday reassured Nigerians that its allegiance and loyalty over the 2023 general election are to Nigerians. The commission warned its workers – regular and ad hoc – against compromising all electoral laws. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, spoke at the opening of a two-day induction retreat for the […]

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday reassured Nigerians that its allegiance and loyalty over the 2023 general election are to Nigerians.

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The commission warned its workers – regular and ad hoc – against compromising all electoral laws.

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, spoke at the opening of a two-day induction retreat for the commission’s administrative secretaries in Lagos.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the retreat was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Yakubu, who was represented by the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Election and Party Monitoring Committee (EPMC), Mr. Sam Olumekun, said the retreat was part of the preparation of INEC for the 2023 general election.

According to him, in the last 23 years since the return of democratic rule, the commission has recorded a steady progress with the nation’s elections getting better and citizens’ confidence in the process is increasing.

“It is in this respect that I want to warn all members of staff of the commission to be neutral and professional in their conduct during the forthcoming elections,” Yakubu said.

The INEC chairman said since 2011 general election, the reliance on new knowledge and experience gathered from the conduct of previous elections, enhancing electoral integrity and improving voter experience through innovations, planning and technology had guided INEC through several elections.

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