News – Page 15 – INEC Nigeria

Press Statement

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday the 11th of August, 2017 received a petition for the recall of Honourable Abubakar Galadima Kuki, a Member representing Bebeji Constituency in the Kano State House of Assembly, from his constituents. In accordance with the INEC Guidelines for Recall, the C []...

INEC Removes Names of 190 Non-Nigerians from the Voters’ Register

In a sustained bid to clean up the voters’ register, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered the removal of 190 non-Nigerians from the Register of voters’. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recently announced that it had retrieved several Permanent Voter Ca []...

Anambra Governorship Election: INEC Commences CVR Exercise at Registration Areas Today

Ahead of the Governorship election in Anambra scheduled forSaturday 18, November 2017, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has decentralized the on-going nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) Exercise in Anambra to the Registration Areas. The Registration Area level CVR exercise in Anambra []...

INEC Directors Adopt PWD Framework

Directors’ at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have adopted the draft Framework on Access and Participation of Persons Living with Disabilities ahead 2019 General Elections. Appraising the document before its adoption in Keffi, Nassarawa State, the National Commissioner and Chairman Information []...

Danlami Basharu charge INEC to be more proactive in dealing with disability issues

The Director, Anglo-Nigerian Welfare Association for the Blind (ANWAB), Barr Danlami Basharu has called on the Independent National Commission (INEC), to develop further strategies of engaging Persons Living with Disabilities in the electoral process. Barr Danlami made the call while delivering a entitled ‘Underst []...

INEC: Mainstreaming Persons Living with Disabilities into the Electoral Process

Conscious of the voting rights of every citizen of Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), convened a one-day workshop in Keffi, Nassarawa State, to review and adopt a Framework on Access and Participation of Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Electoral Process ahead 2019 General Ele []...

Voter Education: Armed Forces to Support INEC

The Voter Education drive of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have received some boost with the Armed forces indicating willingness to complement the Commission’s effort by providing platforms to reach out to citizens.