The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has resolved to conduct a post-election review of the 2023 general election by July 4, 2023.
It will also release a detailed schedule of activities and timelines after the meeting with RECs on 4th July 2023.
This was contained in a statement made available to CAPITAL POST by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Thursday in Abuja.
CAPITAL POST reported that general elections were held in Nigeria on 25 February 2023 to elect the president and vice president and members of the Senate and House of Representatives .
The All Progressives Congress, Candidate, Bola Tinubu declared the winner by INEC, after pulling 8,794,726 defeating the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar with 6,984,520 and the Labour Party’s Peter Obi who scored 6,101,533
Challenging the outcome of the election, Atiku and Obi, headed to court.
According to Okoye, the review will involve the Commission’s officials at the National and State levels as well as stakeholders to learn lessons and chart the way forward.
“The review will commence with a meeting of the Resident Electoral Commissioners on 4th July 2023 and end with the Commission’s retreat on 5th August 2023.
“At the State level, the internal review will involve the Commission’s regular and ad hoc staff, including RECs, the 774 Electoral Officers, Heads of Departments, Administrative Secretaries as well as some Presiding Officers and Collation/Returning Officers.
“The external engagement will involve critical stakeholders such as political parties, security agencies, election observers, the media and service providers such as transporters that facilitated the movement of personnel and materials for the election.
“The review will focus on all aspects of the electoral activities before, during and after the elections. Specifically, the Commission welcomes actionable recommendations from stakeholders towards strengthening institutional capacity for the discharge of its responsibilities and the enhancement of processes and procedures.”
A detailed schedule of activities and timelines will be released immediately after the meeting with RECs on 4th July 2023.
The commission has reviewed meetings after every general election since 2011.
