Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has raised alarm
over the 2019 election.
He explained that he was crying
out to Nigerians to urge the National Assembly to expedite action on the
passage of the relevant legislations to enable the commission prepare for the
general polls.
A statement by INEC’s Director in
the Department of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, quoted the
Yakubu as conveying his concern when members of the Steering Committee of the
Nigerian Institute of Legislative Studies (NILS), led by its chairman Hon.
Aminu Shehu Shagari, visited him at the commission, in Abuja.
It disclosed that the INEC
chairman also spoke on the budget for the 2019 general election, which he said
would be ready next week after the commission validates and approves its
election project plan.
He said: “The validation and
approval of the Strategic Plan 2017-2021 and Strategic Programme of Action will
give us a clear idea of how much it will cost this nation to conduct the 2019
general election.”
Yakubu, however, commended the
non-partisan nature of the NILS as an organ of the legislature as well as for
its technical assistance to the democratic process.
He said the commission will seek
to develop greater ties with NILS in the area of capacity building and training
for political parties which would greatly help the work of INEC..
Earlier, Shagari, who is also a
Member of the House of Representaives Committee on Electoral Matters, said the
visit was to seek the cooperation of the commission in building a virile
democratic institution in Nigeria through sustainable capacity building.
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