The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its has implemented many of the 178 recommendations made by accredited domestic and international observers on the 2019 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the commission’s meeting with the European Union (EU) Election Observation Follow-up Mission, led by the Head of EU Observation Mission, Mrs Maria Arena, in Abuja.
Yakubu said that immediately after the 2019 general election, INEC undertook a comprehensive review of the election observation reports by accredited domestic and international observers
He said INEC conducted its own internal review involving the commission’s regular and ad hoc officials and subsequently expanded it to include political parties, civil society organisations, security agencies and media organisations.
“From the review, we identified 178 recommendations. We then categorised them into three areas for the purpose of implementation.
” We have gone ahead to implement many of the recommendations that require administrative action by the commission, while working with the National Assembly on areas that require legislative action by way of amendments to the Electoral Act and the constitution,” Yakubu said.
He disclosed that with regard to the 2019 general election, the EU Observation Mission made 30 recommendations out of which 11 concerned the electoral commission directly.