The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission would, among other things, seek ‘legal clarity’ in election result management with regard to the manual transfer or the electronic transmission of election results.
Mr Yakubu, a professor, disclosed this on Thursday during a meeting of the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the commission in Abuja.
He said it is part of the commission’s implementation of recommendations contained in the report of the 2023 general elections.
He said the commission is ready to commence the implementation of the recommendations after review and wide consultations with stakeholders in the electoral process as well as its staff members.
“Among the major highlights of the commission’s recommendations is the imperative of legal clarity in result management, with regard to manual transfer versus the electronic transmission of results,” he said.
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