2027 election security depends on adequate funding – INEC Chairman

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, has emphasised that capable fiscal resources are indispensable for securing the indispensable information measures and logistical enactment required to successfully execute the 2027 wide elections.

Amupitan conveyed this connection connected Wednesday successful Owerri, Imo State, during a goodwill code astatine the sixth variation of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers, which focused connected the theme: “Developing a Nigeria Police Roadmap for Effective Management of Security During Elections.”

The INEC president noted that portion the commission’s backing is constitutionally designated arsenic a first-line complaint connected the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the breadth of its mandates necessitates continuous fiscal concern to facilitate effectual electoral administration.

He elaborated that INEC bears work for conducting not lone statesmanlike and National Assembly elections, but besides governorship and authorities House of Assembly elections, managing elector registration, an...