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Yakubu says work has started on 2023 elections as he takes oath for second term

Oluwaseye Ogunsanya December 9, 2020 47


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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday has said preparations for the 2023 general elections have started.

He said INEC would work with the National Assembly to ensure a speedy passage of the amendment to the nation’s Electoral Act in other to confront the challenges ahead.

Yakubu made this known in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after he took his oath of office for his second term.

President Muhammadu Buhari administered the oath at the commencement of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Yakubu promised that conduct of elections will continue to get better under his watch.

Yakubu said, “We have clearly demonstrated in recent elections that elections are getting better and they will continue to get better.

“The National Assembly is holding a public hearing on the amendment of the electoral legal framework. This is important and this time around, working with the National Assembly, we will ensure a speedy passage of the amendment bill and once it is assented to, it will help us enormously in confronting the challenges ahead.

“Preparations for 2023 general elections have proceeded in earnest. We need certainty and therefore the electoral legal framework is fundamental, without which we cannot formulate our regulations and guidelines.

“Without our regulations and guidelines, we cannot conclude work on the manual for the training of ad-hoc staff for the elections.

“So from here, I am going to proceed to the National Assembly, so work begins in earnest and we have already started.”

The brief ceremony was witnessed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Munguno (retd.), and some ministers.

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