Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has assured members of the Administrative Board of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on the Commission’s resolve to conduct free, fair and credible 2019 general elections. The INEC chairman debunked insinuations in certain quarters over alleged centralisation of the recruitment of Collation and Returning Officers for the elections. There was a time in the past when, particularly in the recruitment of Collation Officers and most especially the Returning Officers, some people pandered to the wishes of politicians. They cut the head and tail of the queue and it was presented as young persons voting in the Kano local government elections from the INEC register. “Now, even if you have underage persons, you cannot have a polling unit of exclusively for underage persons.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 07, 2019 18:45 UTC