Members of the Electoral Monitoring Support Committee (EMSC) for the forthcoming general elections have been charged to come up with a strategy for the success of the general elections.
The charge was given by , the special Adviser to the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mohammad Kuna at the inauguration of a workshop for EMSC Amber zone state held in Lagos.
He told the participants that, the training was crucial to the monitoring and implementation of the 2023 General Election,
According to him, “Although work has been ongoing and the election is being implemented with several materials being delivered to state offices on a daily basis, we need to have a complete and accurate picture of the state of readiness state by state and local government by local government across the country.”
He told the participants that the training will provide INEC at both headquarters and state level, an opportunity and the necessary tools to have a clear assessment of the readiness statuses, as well as to have total control over all planned activities.
Doing so frees up more time to deal with unplanned or unanticipated events that may arise during all elections everywhere.
As participants, it is your responsibility nay, obligation to ensure you are fully conversant with all the materials provided and discussed here, including the goals, timelines, communication flows, as well as duties of the various in the implementation chain of the election. Providing leadership and direction in reporting and the validation of data collected across the indicators of the amber and red zones is core to the smooth operation of the system.” Kuna said.
