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At the end of a two-day national round-table, which brought together political stakeholders, 75 political parties, excluding the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party , Monday in Abuja, passed a confidence vote on the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, saying the 2019 general election met the expectations of majority of Nigerians.
With a theme, “The role and Performances of Stakeholders in the 2019 General elections, Issues, Challenges and Prospects”, the event brought together strategic and key players in the Nigerian political landscape, including, state chairmen of political parties in Nigeria, INEC, National Youth Service Corps , tertiary educational institutions, security agencies, members of the diplomatic corps, Non-Governmental Organisations and foreign/local observers that monitored the electoral process.
In her address, the Acting Executive Director, Centre for Transparent Advocacy , co- organisers of the event, Ms Faith Nwadishi, said that INEC as the umpire of the general elections proved quite independent in the way and manner it responded to the unexpected challenges thrown its way by the stakeholders in the process and other unforeseen circumstances during the last general election.
‘’More crucially, on the ground, during election and voting day, it refused to be intimidated by threats and violence unleashed on its officials and ad-hoc staff leading to some certificates of return being withheld by INEC though this is now subject to litigations”, she stated.
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