Election materials will remain with CBN, says INEC
July 19, 2022
There are indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might resume storage of sensitive election materials with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, gave the hint yesterday, saying the commission will resume engagement with CBN to resolve storage issues.
Recall that INEC had in June declared sensitive materials would no longer be routed through the apex bank, following the controversy that trailed the interest of CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to contest the 2023 presidential election under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The commission made good its promise as sensitive materials used during both the Ekiti and Osun governorship polls were not stored with CBN but at INEC’s office in the states.
But Okoye warns that INEC could face “logistics nightmare” if it doesn’t have a form of parley with CBN over storage before the 2023 polls.
