SAN FRANCISCO, January 31, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has constituted a 10-member committee on the Review of Diaspora or Out-of-Country Voting as part of its effort at improving the electoral process, adding that the committees were chaired by its National Commissioners.
According to the commission’s daily bulletin issued on Tuesday in Abuja, INEC also constituted an eight-member committee for the Review of Electoral Constituencies and committee for Review of Polling Units and Registration Areas.
It said that other committees set up included those on Review of the Suppressed Constituencies and Review of GIS Laboratory adding that all the committees were expected to submit their final reports to the commission within six weeks.
The Committee on Review of Electoral Constituencies is expected to review INEC’s past and recent attempts at delimitation of constituencies and make recommendations on the way forward and to review and advice on INEC’s collaboration with other government agencies such as National Population Commission, National Space Research and Development Agency and National Broadcasting Commission.
Also, the Committee on the Review of Polling Units and Registration Areas, chaired by Prof. Okey Ibeanu, is to consider the current status of Polling Units and Registration Areas, nationwide and propose a framework and criteria for review as well as recommend a plan of action for the commission’s approval.
Mr Adedeji Soyebi was named as Chairman of Committee on Review of Suppressed Constituencies; Amina Zakari would chair the committee on diaspora voting while the chairman of the Committee on Review of GIS Laboratory is Dr Mohammed Lecky.
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