Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
\nAmina Bala Zakari has stressed the need for a review of the Electoral Act
\n2010 (as amended) with a view to addressing lacunas and improving on the
\nprocesses of the Commission.<\/p>\n
She said this Monday when a delegation of Military Attach\u00e9s of accredited
\nforeign missions in Nigeria, led by the Assistant Director, Attach\u00e9
\nManagement Defense Intelligence Agency, Colonel Everest Ifeanyi Okoro,
\npaid a courtesy visit to the Commission.<\/p>\n
The Acting Chairman explained: \u201cWe need some review on the Electoral Act
\nbecause during the course of our assignment we noticed some lapses and
\nlacunas in some of the clauses. We are working with the National Assembly
\nand have recommended certain reviews. We also remind the current National
\nAssembly on the need to look at these aspects of the Electoral Act so that
\nwe can improve our processes and also improve on elections\u201d.<\/p>\n
While explaining the composition and functions of the Commission to the
\nMilitary Attaches, the INEC Chairman highlighted some of the challenges
\nencountered in the course of delivering the 2011 and 2015 General
\nElections.<\/p>\n
Some of the challenges highlighted by the INEC Chairman include:\u00a0 lack of
\ninternal party democracy, though she said there have been improvements but
\nobserved that there was room for improvement; challenges in the control
\nand monitoring of party finance and expenditures. She explained, however,
\nthat the Commission had been building capacity internally and had
\ncommenced a pilot model monitoring of campaign finances.<\/p>\n
Others challenges are: election-related violence, which she further
\nexplained that the deployment of Election Risk Management Tool, with the
\nsupport of the African Union and International-IDEA which had assisted to
\nmap out risks ahead of the elections and deploy security appropriately,
\nwith the constitution of the Inter Agency Committee on Election Security
\n(ICCES).<\/p>\n
Mrs Amina Bala Zakari noted that reaching out to the public was daunting
\ndue to the vast expanse of the country. She explained, however, that: \u201cWe
\nhave been improving through the implementation of our communication
\nstrategy which was evident in the 2015 elections.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Colonel Everest Ifeanyi Okoro, had
\ncongratulated the Commission for the successes recorded in the 2015
\nGeneral Elections. He said: \u201cconsidering the very important role that your
\nCommission plays in our nation building, particularly in building blocks
\nof democracy, our agency has considered it very important to organize this
\ntrip for our Defense Foreign Mission Attach\u00e9s and Advisers\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that: \u201cthe agency has decided to conduct this visit to the
\nCommission to avail our members of foreign Attach\u00e9s and Advisers the
\nopportunity to have in-depth insight of the workings of the Commission\u201d.<\/p>\n
The delegation was given a facility tour of the Commission by directing
\nstaff of the Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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