“The Commission remains committed to raising public confidence in the electoral process in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic and to regularly communicate its actions and challenges to the public.” Inec Nigeria
A statement late Thursday night by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said the electoral umpire met on Thursday and approved a new policy framework in relation to conducting elections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He observed that apart from the Edo and Ondo governorship elections on September 19 and October 10, 2020, the provisions of the policy would be applied to the nine outstanding by-elections. He explained that the policy further covers health and legal issues, election planning and operations, election day and post-election activities, voter registration, political parties, election observation, electoral security and deployment of technology.
“The Commission remains committed to raising public confidence in the electoral process in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic and to regularly communicate its actions and challenges to the public”.
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