INEC: The burden of Mahmood's successor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Its appraisals centred on the gains and legacies of the commission, as well as suggestions on areas that need improvement and legislative action, though INEC had also forwarded about 37 new proposals to reposition the Nigerian electoral system.
56% : On staff development and welfare, INEC introduced merit-based promotions and gender quotas for directors, rewarding excellence; recorded five INEC staff being elevated to the enviable status of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); rolled out welfare packages including hazard allowances, bonuses, medical aid and funeral grants; built an INEC Crèche (2024) for nursing mothers, supporting staff with young families; and instituted long service awards and staff recognition nights, honouring the backbone of INEC's success -- its people.
55% : Tagged Citizens' Memorandum on Electoral Reforms, the proposals aim to address the longstanding challenges the nation's electoral framework has been facing, as well as restore public confidence in the electoral system to tackle voter apathy, among other issues.
55% : A transparent and accountable process would serve legitimate public interests," the group said.
54% : In the area of technology, his stint at INEC delivered the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), replacing discredited manual processes with fingerprint and facial recognition; creating the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) that allows Nigerians to view polling unit results live, strengthening transparency and public confidence; and modernising voter registration through IVED and ABIS, eliminating 2.7 million fraudulent registrations.
53% : These proposals address the inadequacies, complexities and ambiguities that have hindered the efficient application of the Act.
52% : Coupled with this is what other vested interests in the electoral system described as Yakubu's footprint: the modernised election infrastructure, building of state collation centres across the federation, and initiating the commission's new headquarters in Abuja.
51% : Our aim is to reposition the electoral legal framework against the backdrop of recent landmark judicial decisions that offer pathways for reform and to make the Act more reflective of our evolving electoral needs," it stated.
46% : " The Leader of the Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives and legal practitioner, Dr Wunmi Bewaji, also believes there is no perfect electoral process because of political exigencies.
45% : "In conclusion, IPAC believes that for democracy to work, all tiers of government have a critical role to play and therefore must collaborate," he said.
45% : He or she would be required to pay utmost fidelity to the Constitution and the Electoral Act; to serve with integrity and honesty as Professor Yakubu did; to maintain INEC's mandatory core values of independence, non-partisanship and impartiality; and to ensure the ballot box remains the immutable fulcrum of our multiparty democracy.
41% : Lastly, in order to enthrone democratic practice at the local level, state electoral commissions should be expunged from the constitution and INEC should conduct all elections on the same day," he said.

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