YIAGA-Africa warns against election postponement

The YIAGA Africa’s Watching The Vote (WTV) has urged INEC, political parties, security and other stakeholders to ensure that elections are not postponed due to their conducts This is contained in the organization’s WTV Pre-election Observation Report signed by the Executive Director, YIAGA AFRICA, Samson Itodo. The report urged INEC to ensure inclusion, especially of […]

The YIAGA Africa’s Watching The Vote (WTV) has urged INEC, political parties, security and other stakeholders to ensure that elections are not postponed due to their conducts

This is contained in the organization’s WTV Pre-election Observation Report signed by the Executive Director, YIAGA AFRICA, Samson Itodo.

The report urged INEC to ensure inclusion, especially of all marginalised groups, hence the need for a more proactive and targeted communication using different channels of communication on the electoral process.

“The gubernatorial elections will be having a large number of political parties contesting (23 in Kogi and 45 in Bayelsa), this may increase pressure on INEC and more importantly on polling officials on election day.

“INEC should, therefore, beef up its oversight and monitoring mechanisms that will further strengthen and ensure compliance to the electoral laws and guidelines, while avoiding unnecessary postponements of polls.

“INEC should come up with a robust mechanism and collaborate with both state and non-state actors to curb the menace of buying and selling of PVCs and other forms of voter inducement,” the report said.