The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said COVID-19 pandemic would not truncate Nigeria’s democracy and the electoral process.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja in his remarks at the commission’s first virtual meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).
Yakubu said that like it did to every other national institution, the COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted INEC activities.
We are on Instagram @viraltrendnews“For instance, further engagements with the National Assembly and stakeholders on electoral reform and the conduct of some off-season elections have to be suspended because of the global health emergency.“Happily, the PTF has issued guidelines on protective measures for the gradual restoration of normalcy nationwide.”On that basis, the commission recently released its own policy on conducting elections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.“The commission is convinced that electoral activities can resume, but in full compliance with the advisory issued by health authorities.“Consequently, the Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled for Sept. 19 and Oct. 10 respectively, will proceed as planned,” he said.
