Whereabouts of suspended Adamawa REC unknown, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has no information on the whereabouts of the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa State, Hudu Ari. The commission disclosed this after his inaction during the supplementary governorship election in Adamawa. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye disclosed this on Friday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. The PUNCH reports announcement of the Adamawa supplementary election generated controversies after Ari announced Binani as the winner of the poll while collation was not yet concluded. The PUNCH further reports that the electoral umpire summoned Ari to its headquarters in Abuja. The commission
2023 elections in danger, says INEC
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has said that the 2023 general elections were in danger should the incessant attacks on their offices and facilities continue unabated. Acknowledging that the commission can replace some destroyed essentials, the chairman said that there was a limit to which the attacks could stretch them. Yakubu spoke at the commencement of an investigative hearing of the Ad-hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the attacks on offices and the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Friday in Abuja. The House of Reps committee had also
2023 Polls: All Candidates Must Declare Bank Assets, Says INEC
• Commission set to establish finance monitoring teams • EFCC, banks to be mandated to report suspicious transactions • 101 associations seek registration as political parties • Youths, students top voter registration as applications hit 8m The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is going tough with political parties and their candidates in next year’s elections on how they source and disburse their campaign funds. The commission plans to work with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Department of State Services (DSS), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and commercial banks to carry out the task,
