INEC to conduct review of 2023 general elections on July 4

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed plans to conduct a review of the general elections on July 4 and end on August 5, 2023.

According to the INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye, the review will focus on all aspects of the electoral activities, before, during, and after the elections.

He made this known in a statement on Thursday, June 22, adding that the review is to learn lessons from the elections.

The statement reads:

“The review will commence with a meeting of the resident electoral commissioners (RECs) on 4th July 2023 and end with the commission’s retreat on 5th August 2023.

“At 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.”