2023: We maintain the reports of primaries observed by our staff — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted it will not abandon reports submitted by its staff on the senatorial primaries in Yobe North and Akwa-Ibom North West
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Voter Information and Education Committee, made the statement this weekend in a statement.
Sunday Tribune checks revealed that the INEC stance followed compromise allegations made against Akwa-Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner Mike Igini by the APC South-South leadership.< /p>
Further verification revealed that the INEC had also declared vacant the Yobe North Senate District seat currently held by Senate Speaker Ahmad Lawan.
Okoye in the statement noted that under the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, INEC reserves the mandate to "supervise the organization and functioning of political parties, including their finances, conventions, congresses and their primaries In accordance with its constitutional and legal obligations, the Commission deployed monitors to the various constituencies and received reports on this exercise. North, the Commission relies on the follow-up reports received from our state offices.For this reason, the Commission has not released the personal data of any candidate for the two constituencies contrary to the state reports. currently, the Commission is funtus officio in both cases.
“Aggrieved parties are free to apply to the Federal High Court and seek relief as provided in Section 285 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Sections 29(5) and 84(14) of the Elections Act 2022.
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The statement further reads in part: "On the issuance of certified true copies (CTCs) of documents, Commission staff have been working hard, including weekends, to respond to the deluge of requests received. As of Friday July 8, 2022, the Commission has processed 433 requests involving the certification of one million six hundred sixty-two thousand seven hundred seventy-six (1,662,776) pages of documents, many of which are awaiting retrieval from the INEC headquarters by some of the same applicants complaining about the delay in issuing CTCs.
"Section 29(4) of the Elections Act provides that any person may apply to the Commission for a copy of the nomination form, affidavit and any other document submitted by a candidate for election and the Commission must, upon payment of a prescribed fee, deliver to that person a certified copy of the document within 14 days.Persons requesting the CLC of documents should endeavor to do so in a timely manner and within the law.
“The Commission will continue to uphold the integrity of the electoral process, including deepening the deployment of technology to enhance the credibility of the elections.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted it will not abandon reports submitted by its staff on the senatorial primaries in Yobe North and Akwa-Ibom North West
Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Voter Information and Education Committee, made the statement this weekend in a statement.
Sunday Tribune checks revealed that the INEC stance followed compromise allegations made against Akwa-Ibom Resident Electoral Commissioner Mike Igini by the APC South-South leadership.< /p>
Further verification revealed that the INEC had also declared vacant the Yobe North Senate District seat currently held by Senate Speaker Ahmad Lawan.
Okoye in the statement noted that under the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, INEC reserves the mandate to "supervise the organization and functioning of political parties, including their finances, conventions, congresses and their primaries In accordance with its constitutional and legal obligations, the Commission deployed monitors to the various constituencies and received reports on this exercise. North, the Commission relies on the follow-up reports received from our state offices.For this reason, the Commission has not released the personal data of any candidate for the two constituencies contrary to the state reports. currently, the Commission is funtus officio in both cases.
“Aggrieved parties are free to apply to the Federal High Court and seek relief as provided in Section 285 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and Sections 29(5) and 84(14) of the Elections Act 2022.
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The statement further reads in part: "On the issuance of certified true copies (CTCs) of documents, Commission staff have been working hard, including weekends, to respond to the deluge of requests received. As of Friday July 8, 2022, the Commission has processed 433 requests involving the certification of one million six hundred sixty-two thousand seven hundred seventy-six (1,662,776) pages of documents, many of which are awaiting retrieval from the INEC headquarters by some of the same applicants complaining about the delay in issuing CTCs.
"Section 29(4) of the Elections Act provides that any person may apply to the Commission for a copy of the nomination form, affidavit and any other document submitted by a candidate for election and the Commission must, upon payment of a prescribed fee, deliver to that person a certified copy of the document within 14 days.Persons requesting the CLC of documents should endeavor to do so in a timely manner and within the law.
“The Commission will continue to uphold the integrity of the electoral process, including deepening the deployment of technology to enhance the credibility of the elections.”
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