INEC gave credit to Information Technology (IT) for the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections.
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The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) gave credit to Information Technology (IT)
for the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,
stated this on Monday in Abuja when he received a delegation of Benin
Electoral Commission, led by the Beninoise Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Onyedipo Falaye. He said that the successful deployment of technology was the main reason for the success of 2015 elections.
“The
changes that made the 2015 election a success was IT, beginning with
voter registration, collation and transmission of results” Yakubu said.
He
promised that INEC would share the experiences and ideas that enabled
it to succeed in the last general elections with members of Benin
Republic Electoral Commission. The Benin Republic general election holds
on February 28, 2016.
“INEC would assist
Benin electoral commission to develop its Information Technology towards
next year’s general election in that country” he stated.
He
pressed on the fact that the security formulation ranging from apex to
down level is very important for the fair conduct of the elections.
“INEC
succeeded in formulating the security system. We have inter-agency
committee on security both at national and down to local government
level. There are representatives of Army, the police and other security
agencies, and the security meeting is held on regular basis.”
“There is no free and fair election where there is insecurity” Yakubu said.
Falaye,
the Beninose Ambassador, in his speech commended INEC on the success of
the last general elections and its inputs will be helpful for the
successful conduct of Benin general elections of 2016.
“The
delegation is here to understand the secret behind the success of the
commission in the last general elections. Co-operation and capacity
building between the two commissions is needed for better procedures of
elections to evolve” said Falaye.
He also said that Benin electoral commission wants to take this relationship to a higher level.
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