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On the subject of election irregularities, INEC spokesman Philip Umeadi said on April 19, 2007, that "We are not sitting on any crisis in Nigeria". [30] The mission of INEC is to serve as an independent and effective Election Management Bodies (EMB) committed to the conduct of free, fair and credible elections for sustainable democracy in Nigeria.
The right to vote has taken many forms in Nigeria's history.In the period from 1922 to 1950, [9] under which both the Clifford Constitution of 1922 and the Richards Constitution of 1946 were enacted, the right to vote for members of the legislative council was extended exclusively to residents of Lagos and Calabar in the south. [9]
Independent National Electoral Commission (Nigeria) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Independent National Electoral Commission .
Attahiru Muhammadu Jega (pronunciation ⓘ) CON (born 11 January 1957) is a Nigerian academic and former vice-chancellor of Bayero University, Kano. [1] On 8 June 2010, he was nominated by then President Goodluck Jonathan as the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), subject to Senate confirmation, as a replacement for Professor Maurice Iwu, who was sacked two ...
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former vice president Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
Maurice Mmaduakolam Iwu (born 21 April 1950) is a Nigerian professor of pharmacognosy and the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from June 2005 to April 2010. [ 1 ] Background
The main opposition party in Nigeria, the People's Democratic Party rejected her appointment and confirmation by the Senate. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Citizens wrote several petitions against her nomination and the senate was criticised for not publicly addressing those petitions before her confirmation.
In Nigeria, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) is a title given to a person in charge of the Independent National Electoral Commission at the state level. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, assisted by relevant government agencies, undertakes the Presidential, National Assembly, Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections in a state.