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The African Union and Economic Community of West African States Observation Missions have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to quickly upload election results on its portal.
This was as they said that the quick uploading will ensure credible conclusions of the electoral process.
The leader of the AU delegation, former President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the former President of Sierra Leone and leader of the ECOWAS delegation, Ernest Koroma, briefed on the preliminary report of the elections on Monday.
Koroma said that the AU and EU Observation Missions are urging INEC to improve on its communication to avoid any form of speculations, disinformation and fake news.
The leader of the ECOWAS delegation said it was in Nigeria alongside the AU Mission on a diplomacy engagement to ensure a peaceful transition.
He noted “All we can do at this stage as we have done in the preliminary report is urge INEC to where possible improve on communication with the public and members of political parties.
“Improve on the counting and collation methods and review the uploading, because these were all systems that INEC promised to rule out without any difficulties.
“And as observers, we cannot make conclusive statements but will continue to urge INEC because there is a lot of anxiety out there, people are anxiously waiting.
“And the more we delay, the more we give room to speculations, misinformation and disinformation. So we are concerned about this and as we say.
“We will continue our engagements…
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