Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria.
Mr Yakubu stated this on Monday in Abuja during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the elections.
“I am glad to report that the printing of all sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Election was entirely done in Nigeria.
“This is the first time in 44 years since the transition to democratic rule in 1979 that this great step was taken and achieved.
“This is in spite of the record number of 93.4 million registered voters and over 500 million ballot papers, result sheets and other documents for the five categories of the main elections and supplementary polls.
“For this reason, the 2023 General Election was held as scheduled for the first time in the last four electoral cycles…