Saturday, June 15, 2013
INEC partners NPC over 2015 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with the National Population Commission NPC ahead of the 2015 general elections. INEC Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega stated this when he led a team on a courtesy visitto NPC headquarters in Abuja. He said this would strengthen the existing relationship between the two organisations. Jega said there is need to update the current 73.5 million persons already registered with INEC in other to obtain a credible and fairly accurate database which will lift the bar from previous elections. Earlier in a welcome address, Chairman ofNPC, Eze Festus Odimegwu, said NPC and INEC are twin sisters within Nigeria’s governance system due to the significant role they play in defining the democratic parameters of Nigeria. He said elections and censuses have been subjected to undue political perception andmisunderstanding by the political class andmost often the processes are tainted with needless controversies and their outcomesare often interpreted through the prism ofnarrow political considerations.
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