{"id":95720,"date":"2022-06-04T19:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T18:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95720"},"modified":"2022-06-04T19:15:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T18:15:43","slug":"well-no-longer-keep-sensitive-election-materials-with-cbn-says-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/well-no-longer-keep-sensitive-election-materials-with-cbn-says-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll No Longer Keep Sensitive Election Materials with CBN, Says INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1734722991091607201\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the electoral body\u2019s sensitive election materials belonging to the electoral body will no longer be \u201crouted\u201d through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nChairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Saturday at an election dialogue, \u2018The Electorate\u2019, organised by a pressure group, Enough is Enough (EiE).<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu said the electoral body has never had an issue with the CBN since the partnership started, but due to \u201ccurrent circumstances\u201d, an alternative will be found.<\/p>\n<p>He said the new measures would be adopted as early as the June 16 governorship election in Ekiti state.<\/p>\n<p>Although the INEC boss did not disclose the \u201ccircumstances\u201d which gave rise to the sudden development, but it may not be unconnected with the controversy that greeted the presidential ambition of CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMany had called on INEC to stop routing sensitive election materials through the apex bank in the heat of the controversies.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that the electoral body\u2019s sensitive election materials belonging to the electoral body will no longer be \u201crouted\u201d through the Central Bank of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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