The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has guaranteed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its help, including money, for the lead of the 2019 general decisions.
A Statement issued by the Chief the Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi on Sunday, cited Gen. Francis Behanzin as making the guarantee when he drove an assignment of the Sub-local body on an affability visit to INEC central station in Abuja.
Behanzin likewise uncovered that ECOWAS would send 200 Observers for 2019 general decisions.
Behanzin said the reason for the visit was to, in addition to other things, get some answers concerning INEC's planning for the 2019 general decisions and the difficulties it was confronting, in perspective of Nigeria's expansive voter populace of more than 80 million.
He communicated gratefulness to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu for his commitments to the change of the constituent procedure and sustenance of vote based system over the West African sub-area.
Oyekanmi cited Yakubu in his reaction as clarifying the Commission's arrangements for the 2019 surveys.
Yakubu said the Commission had created, approved and was at that point actualizing its 2017 – 2021 Strategic Plan, the Election Project Plan and had likewise discharged the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2019 General Elections since Jan. 9.
He said the Commission likewise did the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) that permitted nationals who simply turned 18 years and different Nigerians who had never enrolled the chance to do as such.
He educated the designation that more than 14.5 million voters were enrolled amid the activity between April 2017 and August 2018.
"This new figure will be added to the right around 70 million residents as of now in the national Voter Register after due procedures."
He included that the nation may have around 83 million voters after the enroll had been tidied up.
Yakubu saw that directing general decision in Nigeria could be compared to leading a race for the entire of ECOWAS.
He educated the appointment that Nigeria at present hosts 91 enrolled political gatherings out of which 89 will handle contender for different positions in the following year general races.
Yakubu, who is additionally the President, ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), said Nigeria has satisfied its guarantees to the body since his decision as its President in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin in March 2017.
These, as per him, incorporate the area of the ECONEC Secretariat in Nigeria and the association's visit to numerous part nations.
He communicated the expectation that before the finish of March 2019 when his residency would end, more nations would have been visited.
Yakubu said the Electoral Commission in Guinea Conakry as of late approached INEC for help to tidy up the nation's voter enroll, which was done, while Nigeria additionally watched the decisions in Mali.
He said that INEC had upheld other Electoral Commissions in the ECOWAS Sub-district, particularly in the region of voter enlistment.
He included that Burkina Faso and Ghana were additionally given polling stations.
He recognized fund as the significant test confronting ECONEC.
He said that while every part nation is relied upon to pay $5,000 per annum, he was of the conclusion that ECONEC would, in any case, require some help from ECOWAS.
Yakubu said he leaned that ECOWAS had guaranteed to help ECONEC with $1 million dollars and communicated the expectation that with the General's visit, the record of ECONEC would be credited inside a brief span.
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