INEC Rejects Call to Re-order Elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected calls to re-order the sequence of the 2023 general elections.

National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in an interview with newsmen on Sunday.

Okoye stated that INEC will not on any account share its constitutional and legal powers with any individual, group, or organization.

The Commissioner maintained that it is the sole responsibility and right of the commission to organize, undertake and supervise all elections.

A civil society group had called on the commission to re-order the election sequence.

Written by: Helen Obih

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