March 9: INEC chairman meets Resident Electoral Commissioners

AHEAD March 9 date for the conduct of governorship and state assemblies elections, the national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday met with the Resident Electoral Commissioners across the country.

In his short address before the meeting dissolved into a closed-door session, Professor Yakubu said it was meant to review the Commission performance and strengthen itself for the next election.

He said: ” We are here to review and share views on the last presidential election and the March 9 governorship and State House of Assembly elections and the Area Council election in the Federal Capital Territory which coincide with the general election. We will also conduct election into 68 constituencies: 6 Area Council Chairmen and 62 councillors.

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“Since the State REC and Resident Commissioner were here with the state collation officers for presidential elections, it is important for us to meet and review the experiences of the last election with a view to strengthening our processes towards successful conduct of the state elections on Saturday, March 9th.

“We have gone very far with all the arrangements for the election. The election will hold  March 9  for the election of governors, state houses of assembly. The purpose of this meeting is keeping with the tradition of the commission. Once you conduct a national election you take stock and review so that processes and procedures are strengthened largely from experience of the previous election.”