‘INEC To Inform Nigerians The True Situation About 2023 Elections On Tuesday’ – Commissioner

A National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday claimed that the electoral body will on Tuesday reveal the true situation of things ahead of the 2023 general election.

The INEC officials stated this while speaking on the readiness of security agencies to be deployed for the election.

He expressed worries over the violent protests in the country following the redesign of the Nigeria’s currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The official of the electoral body, who spoke with The Sun on condition of anonymity, said INEC has not gotten a commensurate response for the peaceful conduct of the election from security agencies.

He further stated that even though the INEC is ready for the presidential and National Assembly election this week, it will, however, wait for the response from the security agencies.

The Commissioner said, “I can confirm to you that the commission is ready to conduct the presidential and National Assembly election as scheduled. Sensitive and non-sensitive materials have been deployed to all the states. The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines have been configured and deployed to the appropriate places.

“We are ready to go; however, what I cannot confirm is whether we will get commensurate commitment from the security agencies especially as it concerns the security situation in the country. You can see the recent protests in some states, they need to deal with this situation.”

Speaking on the promise of CBN to help INEC with cash to offset some logistics, he said without the aid of the apex bank, the commission will face some difficulties.

He added, “We will meet with the chairman to brief us about the situation with the arrangements with the CBN over our cash requests. If we did not get favourable responses over these issues of insecurity and cash support, we will inform Nigerians during a world press conference.”