The House especially mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to investigate INEC’s “process of voter registration, including alleged constraints on timely procurement/production of voter cards all through the year to the 2023 elections.”
Also, the panel is to do a “proper interpretation of provisions of Section 115 and other provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act by INEC, its National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners and other members of staff, including the status of legal advice available within the Commission to guide the implementation of the Act, and determine whether any infractions have been committed by Mr Mike Igini or any other INEC staff in their interpretation and implementation of the Act.
The motion was titled ‘Investigation of the Credibility, Transparency and Accountability of the Independent National Electoral Commission Electoral Processes including its Interpretation and Implementation of the Electoral Act, 2022.’ He said, “The House is worried about the recent unguarded and erroneous interpretation of certain provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act by the INEC’s Resident Electoral Officer in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini, who, while referring to Section 115 of the 2022 Electoral Act, said amongst several other things that politicians will go to jail for buying more than one nomination form.”
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