The European Union Election Observer Mission to the 2023 general election in Nigeria (EU EOM) declared yesterday that the February 25 presidential election
He added that public confidence and trust in INEC were severely damaged during the presidential poll and was not restored on elections at the state level on March 18, leading civil society organisations to call for an independent audit of the entire process.
Andrews noted: “Early in the process, while enjoying a broad stakeholder trust, INEC introduced a series of positive measures to strengthen the conduct of the elections. However, closer to the polls some started to doubt INEC’s administrative and operational efficiency and in-house capacity. “Public confidence gradually decreased and was severely damaged on 25 February due to its operational failures and lack of transparency. While some corrective measures introduced before the March 18 elections were effective, overall trust was not restored”.
He explained that the introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the INEC Results Viewing Portal was widely seen as an important step to ensure the integrity and credibility of the elections.The chief observer said however that in practice, multiple missteps and lack of transparency before the polls, compounded by severely delayed display of the presidential result forms, dashed the public trust in election technologies used.
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