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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the distribution of sensitive materials to the 13 local government areas of…

He described those thinking the election would not hold as day dreamers and advised them to wake up and face reality. “The headquarters of INEC had already sent all the materials needed for the conduct of the election to us in the state. Ahead of the presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the distribution of sensitive materials to the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has commenced distribution of sensitive materials to 18 councils of Cross River State ...

We have invited parties so they will not nurture the impression that some deals have been done in the process of handling these sensitive materials. The REC, who led The Inter Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security in Cross River State (ICCES), Prof. Result sheets and ballot papers were collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) state branch for distribution.

...to engage over 20,000 adhoc staff for elections. By Peter Duru, Makurdi. The Independent National Electoral Commission, Wednesday took delivery of ...

Isaac Mffo who commended INEC and the CBN for transparently handling the materials expressed satisfaction with the process. The sensitive materials which compromised of ballots papers and results sheets for the elections were handed over to the Benue State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof. I am happy that we have here present the leadership of 10 political parties including the leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC as well as the management team of INEC in Benue State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos State on Wednesday took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday's general elections.

“With the movement of sensitive materials to local government areas, that is to show the nation that the commission is ready and that we are there to ensure that Feb. We are in the last phase of the process of the elections. Agbaje said: “We have taken delivery of the sensitive materials today.

Speaking with journalists during the inspection and distribution of the materials in Gombe, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Mr. Umar Ibrahim, said ...

Umar Ibrahim, said the materials were being handed over to the Electoral Officers for onward delivery to their various local government areas. Ibrahim said the electoral officers had taken delivery of the items and transported them to their LGAs after they were duly inspected and certified. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has taken delivery of sensitive materials and distributed same to the 11 local government areas of Gombe State, ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 4.3 million registered voters are expected to vote in the coming elections in Kaduna State.

He said the total number of registered voters in the state is 2,032,041m while the total number of uncollected PVCs is 71,013. Addressing newsmen on the preparedness of INEC for the Saturday elections,the Residents Electoral Commissioner, Ahmed Bello Mahmud said elections would hold in 3,738 polling units of the state with a total of 14,972 Ad-hoc staff, POs and APOs. The commission also said none of the registered voters would be disfranchised during this Saturday’s polls.

Says five polling units have zero voters. From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi. The Kebbi State independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that ...

Mahumud explained that the “number of registered voters stood at 2,032,041 with poling units of 3,743 and the number of polling units where elections will hold are 3,738 with 5 zero units. The number of PVCs stood as 1,961,028 with number of uncollected PVCs stood as 71,013. The Kebbi State independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 1,890,015 have collected their PVCs out of the 2,032,041 registered voters in the state and they would be casting their votes in 3,738 polling units across the 21 local government areas of the state.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday explained how election figures will be transmitted using ...

So, we don’t transmit raw figures because raw figures transmitted online are more susceptible to hacking while images of a document are not susceptible to hacking.” In fact, the law does not allow for electronic collation of results. Where both fail, the voter can’t vote.

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained why, as always, the commission would not electronically transmit ...

We conducted a mock accreditation exercise and the exercise had some issues which we have addressed. In the last elections in Osun and Ekiti, the BVAS performed well. In fact, the law does not allow for electronic collation of results.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians and the international community that its system for result transmission in the ...

We made arrangements with the national oil company for the supply of fuel for vehicles moving personnel and materials, particularly the arrangement we have with the port owners and road transport owners and we are happy with it. “So parties were able to conduct their primaries in good time and they submitted names of their candidates six months to the elections. The fuel situation, the currency issue and security challenges but we went out of our way to mobilise every national institution for the elections.

With over 90 million registered voters, Nigeria has more registered voters than its West African neighbours put together.

At the end of the voting process and the counting of results in each polling unit, the BVAS will be used to take the snapshot of the result sheet, as signed by all agents of political parties present, and uploaded directly to the IReV portal. When the INEC Chairman addressed the Federal Executive Council and the Council of State, he reaffirmed that the elections would be held as scheduled. INEC and Mr Adeleke have, however, appealed the ruling. Good journalism costs a lot of money. This, INEC believes, would increase the transparency of the elections. In locations where the NNPC does not have a filling station, it would partner with other filling stations to provide the products, Mr Kyari added. Election duty staff and materials must be at their polling units before the time scheduled for voting, he told them. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai alleged that a cabal in the presidency was plotting to scuttle the elections and install an interim national government. But these technologies appear to not be without their own challenges. The machine uploads the total number of accredited voters to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) which can be accessed in real-time by anyone anywhere in the world. Almost 60 attacks have been carried out on the facilities of the electoral commission, INEC, in the last four years. With over 90 million registered voters and over 23,000 election duty staff, Nigeria’s election is a big endeavour.

DESPITE several attacks on its facilities in some parts of the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will not be deterred ...

Though that was never proved in the Osun election, despite the use of the celebrated BVAS, there was still over-voting. I also call on the security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies to arrest, investigate and prosecute anyone involved in violent conduct, including incendiary statements capable of inciting a breach of the peace.” They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in each state and the FCT, except Taraba and Imo states with 34 and 38 polling units respectively. Concerns have been raised as to whether or not the new technology could be hacked. “At previous meetings, we also briefed you on our efforts to redistribute voters to the polling units to avoid the congestion that made voting cumbersome in many of them nationwide. No new registrants chose the polling units and no voters indicated interest to transfer to them during the last Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, mainly for security reasons. Yakubu, who spoke at a meeting with leaders of political parties, said: “You may recall that in 2021, with your support and that of other critical stakeholders, the Commission successfully expanded voter access to polling units 25 years after the last delimitation exercise in 1996. This requires the redistribution of voters to new polling units in proximate locations. We saw it in the State of Texas in the USA during its last elections where Dominion, the company that produced the voting machines was accused of colluding to rig the elections. “When the electorates go to the polling booth and they are not sure that the person they voted for will be the winner but that the election will be decided by a panel of three or five people, it will erode the electoral system. So, how did we arrive at over-voting when there was BVAS? Already, the commission has declared that elections will not hold in 240 polling units spread across 28 states.

As the country inches closer to January 25, the day for the presidential and National Assembly elections, Nigerians have serious concerns about the.

He further told DAILY POST: “I must tell you that comparing the preparations for the 2023 election to that of 2019, there’s a wide gap. The government pays you after you’ve done the job and if they’re going to give you money, they’re going to pay you electronically.” Dr Ejike Orji, a member of All Progressives Congress, APC, and a senior special adviser to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, told DAILY POST: “At every turn of the road going to this election they (INEC) have always said they are ready. The incessant targeted attacks on police stations, courts and INEC offices and staff constitute real threats to the election. In Imo and Ebonyi states, the orgy of violence targeting opposition political figures across communities continues unabated. The INEC chairman recently reiterated this

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has begun the distribution of sensitive election materials from the CBN to the local areas across.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has begun the distribution of sensitive election materials from the CBN to the local areas across Delta State. At the time of filing this report, journalists and security operatives are currently monitoring the situation to ensure the materials are not hijacked by hoodlums. INEC begin distribution of election materials in Delta

Items distributed include the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), the result sheets as well as the ballot papers from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

See photos of the distribution of sensitive materials from various parts of the country below: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the distribution of sensitive materials for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Items distributed include the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), the result sheets as well as the ballot papers from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

INEC has advised Nigerians without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), to stay away from the polling units on election day…

“So only the chairman of the commission is permitted by the constitution and the Electoral Act to announce the presidential results. “As some of you are aware, the Chairman of INEC is the electoral Commissioner for the whole of the federation and the returning officer for the presidential election. “No individual is permitted to go to the polling units and provide any other means of identification other than the PVC.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 87209007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected across the country.

[extended ](https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-inec-extends-deadline-for-pvc-collection-till-jan-29)the deadline till January 29 and again till February 5. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 87,209,007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected across the country. The commission had initially fixed December 12 to January 22 for the PVC collection exercise in all LGAs.

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Bauchi State has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to the 20 local government areas of the ...

In total, we have 5,423 ad-hoc staff that will be used for the 2023 general elections in Bauchi State.” We are presently distributing sensitive materials to the Electoral Officers of the 20 local government areas of the state. “Preparations are in top gear today, being Thursday, at the state INEC headquarters.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has handed sensitive materials to Imo State's 27 local government areas for Saturday's presidential.

Others advised postponing the elections in the three affected local government areas so that security personnel could provide sufficient security for the elections to take place there. Agu, however, raised an alarm over the unrest in Orlu, Orsu and Okigwe local government areas, which forced NYSC members scheduled to work as ad hoc staff in the elections to leave the areas. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has handed sensitive materials to Imo State’s 27 local government areas for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State on Thursday commenced the distribution of sensitive materials to the 34 Local ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 87209007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected across the country.

The commission then The The commission had initially fixed December 12 to January 22 for the PVC collection exercise in all LGAs.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 87209007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected nationwide ahead of the Saturday's ...

This was announced by the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.

The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, said this while expressing concern about vote buying at the maiden briefing on Thursday. By Friday Okeregbe.

He said that nonsensitive materials were deployed two months ago. The INEC Chairman reiterated that 240 polling units do not have voters, and also said that staff to be deployed for the elections have been trained. Noting that all materials have been distributed to states, he said the sensitive materials are currently being delivered to local government areas.

The materials were moved from the premises of the CBN around 2 a.m. in the presence of police officers, personnel of the State Security Service...

The materials were moved from the premises of the CBN around 2 a.m. Good journalism costs a lot of money. The distribution of the materials was done at the premises of the

Ahead of Saturday's Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has released the total number of Nigerians ...

They have assured us of their readiness to provide all the vehicular needs of the Commission for the election.” Our commitment is to ensure that in this election we put everything in place for free choice, fair contest and credible outcome.” As such, these materials are only between one and two levels away from the Polling Units. Southeast has 10,401,484 while the South-South has 13,284,920. In the new data, Lagos and Kano still maintain their first and second position with the highest number of collected PVCs. Lagos has 6,214,970 and Kano has 5,594,193.

Ahead of Saturday's presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of.

He said INEC in Ogun took delivery of the materials, which include result sheets and ballot papers in the early hours of Thursday. INEC begins distribution of sensitive materials in Ogun Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials to the 20 local government areas of Ogun State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 87,209,007 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) have so far been collected across the ...

- Recall that earlier in January 2023, INEC announced the extension of the deadline for the collection of PVCs for about a week. He said that non-sensitive materials were deployed two months ago. - Meanwhile, INEC later on, further extended the deadline for the collection of PVCs by another one week to February 5, 2023.

Ahead of Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Delta State...

Emeka Bidokwu, chairman of IPAC and state chairman of the Action Alliance (AA), in the presence of party agents present, confirmed that all the sensitive election materials were complete The sensitive election materials, which include ballot papers and election result sheets, were crosschecked and verified by the Commission, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), and agents of the 18 political parties involved in the elections, in the presence of the media. Ahead of Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Delta State, on Thursday, took custody of the election sensitive materials from the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for onward distribution to the 25 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state, prioritising the distribution of the materials to the far-flung LGAs first

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched a new short-code -4623 toward fighting fake news, ahead of Saturday's Presidential and ...

Okoye said that the IT facilities and gadgets were very important as Nigeria moved closer to the Feb. “This commission does not believe in any form of censorship. He also commended the management and staff of Interra Network Limited, who provided the services, for the professionalism and efficiency they displayed in setting up the IT facilities for the ICCC. Onahor said facilities offered the public the opportunity to get real-time responses to inquiries, incident reports, and queries about any aspect of the electoral process. “The commission is desirous on making sure that Nigerians get authentic information that will enable them make informed choices in relation to the electoral process and around electoral process and electoral issues. He commended the CLP and ford foundation for the donation, saying it will enable Nigerians to contact the commission in real time and also get responses in real time.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, released the number of collected and uncollected Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the forthcoming ...

Conversely, Ekiti State has the least number of collected PVCs at 958,052. This is contained in a document released by INEC Chairman, Prof. A breakdown by states showed that Lagos has the highest number of collected PVCs with 6,214,970, followed by Kano with 5,594,193; and Kaduna, 4,164,473.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kaduna, yesterday embarked on delivering of voting materials in the 23 councils of the ...

Every registered voter in Kaduna is going to cast his or her ballot on election day.” The plan is for security agencies to provide us with security for men and materials, which are to be taken to the councils, including areas where we have security challenges. Speaking with journalists during the distribution, INEC Administrative Secretary, Kaduna State, Muhammad Auwal Mashi, yesterday, said: “What we are doing here in the CBN branch in Kaduna is the distribution of sensitive materials for the elections that will be held on February 25, which are the presidential, senatorial and House of Representatives elections.”

Barely 24 hours to Decision Day when Nigerians will march to the polls to elect the next president and National Assembly members, the Independent National ...

Giving further details on the matter, a source within the telecoms firm, explained to The Guardian that during the period of freeze, “there will be no core works, upgrades or maintenance as these may cause changes on the network and disrupt service. However, following the confusion that greeted the plan, MTN later sent another notice with the title: “About the network freeze: We don’t implement changes on our network during critical times to minimise the chance of on outage. “By signing this pledge, the parties and candidates have committed to accept the results of the election, as announced by INEC and to support a peaceful transition of power,” he said. Corporate Comms Manager, Anglophone West Africa, Meta, Oluwasola Obagbemi, who revealed this in a chat with The Guardian, yesterday, said this is part of efforts in combating misinformation as false news related to voting, locations and methods will be removed, based on guidance from local partners. During the freeze period, all activity that will impact the network has been put on hold.” Ene said: “For the first time, BVAS will be deployed nationwide in a general election. Another UN envoy has advised Nigerians not to allow the general elections to break the peace and stability in the country. Your vote is your voice and fundamental human right.” She urged youths not to engage in violence during and after the election. Through the peace pact, the candidates fully commit to supporting all efforts that will ensure the Nigerian people decide who wins the election. On election day, I encourage all Nigerians — no matter their religion, region, or ethnicity —to exercise this fundamental freedom and make their voices heard — including young voters, many of whom may be heading to the ballot box for the first time. Nigeria’s foremost agency in charge of border management, has accordingly instructed all command comptrollers, especially those in the border states to ensure strict enforcement of the order. This was made known in a communiqué from the office of the Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris.

Ahead of Saturday's presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi State on Thursday.

The REC said buses had been hired by the commission to convey the materials to the local government areas, assuring that the electoral body was committed to timely delivery of the materials to their various destinations. “As you can see from the background, we have evacuated our sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria head office to the INEC state office for distributions to 20 LGAs offices headed by our electoral officers,” Nura told journalists. Ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi State on Thursday commenced distribution of sensitive materials to the 20 local government areas in the state, assuring that there will be timely delivery to the areas.

Ahead of tomorrow's presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has allayed fears of network failure and hackers during.

Data at rest and data in transit are protected; Incase there is any successful cyber attack, we will have a failover”, he stated. “The commission is aware of hacking; we have done our best to protect our data and systems. Ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has allayed fears of network failure and hackers during Saturday’s poll.

A former national chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that hacking the database of the ...

And this category of staff are required to spend the night at where’s called RAC, that’s Registration Area Centre. And we have to believe that they’ve done their best. “In 2015, when we did the elections, our database wasn’t online.

Amid tight security, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disbursed sensitive materials for the presidential and parliamentary elections to ...

Each local government area is going to have its own share of the materials. According to him, “The process is ongoing. “Today is Thursday and the materials are being taken to the local government areas, and tomorrow, the materials can reach appropriate polling units on time for election to commence in earnest on Saturday.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has started an investigation to verify claims that Permanent Voter's Cards were recently found in a ...

So let them come and explain to us how they came about hunting PVCs in the forest,” Okoye added. Now the total number of registered voters in that particular local government hovers around 250,000 but I watched that video and they were talking about millions of PVCs that were found. “Incidentally, in that particular local government, we have almost over 99% of PVCs already collected.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday revealed that it had begun an investigation into the claims that Permanent Voter Cards were found in ...

So let them come and explain to us how they came about hunting PVCs in the forest.” “Incidentally, in that particular local government, we have almost over 99% of PVCs already collected. Now the total number of registered voters in that particular local government hovers around 250,000 but I watched that video and they were talking about millions of PVCs that were found.

With days to go before Nigerians heads to the polls, the chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu gives a ...

So each time we go to the polls, it's like conducting elections for the whole of West Africa and a substantial part of Central Africa." "In the build up to the general election, several of our facilities were attacked by unknown assailants in various parts of the country. Nigeria's elections have been marked by violence, ethnic tensions, vote-buying and clashes between supporters of rival parties.