BREAKING :How New Electoral Act Aided Printing of 2023 General Election Materials in Nigeria, By Yakubu
How New Electoral Act Aided Printing of 2023 General Election Materials in Nigeria, By Yakubu
By Nathaniel Gana
For the first time in 44 years since the transition to democratic rule in 1999, all the sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 General Election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were printed in Nigeria.
According to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made this revelation at a meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to review the polls held on 24th July in Abuja, the feat was made possible by one of the provisions in new Electoral Act 2022.
Giving the background, Prof. Yakubu said: “Since the 2019 General Election, we have worked together with the National Assembly, civil society organisations and other stakeholders for the improvement of the electoral process. We were meticulous in our preparations for the election and there have been many positive developments in this regard.
“One area is the repeal and re-enactment of the Electoral Act 2010 into the Electoral Act 2022. The new law provides a period of 180 days for political parties to conclude their primaries and submit the names of candidates and the political parties took advantage of it for the 2023 General Election.
“This enabled the Commission to commence the process of producing the sensitive materials for the election in good time. I am glad to report that the printing of all sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Election was entirely done in Nigeria. This is the first time in 44 years since the transition to democratic rule in 1979 that this great step was taken and achieved, in spite of the record number of 93.4 million registered voters and over five hundred million ballot papers, result sheets and other documents for the five categories of the main elections and supplementary polls.
“For this reason, the 2023 General Election was held as scheduled for the first time in the last four electoral cycles without a postponement arising from the non-arrival of materials.”
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