Electoral commission of NigeriaINEC, has announced that it will use the International Conference Centre, Abuja for the final Collation of the 2023 general election results.
The premises will also be used as the National Situation Room, he said.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the decision was reached at the commission’s weekly meeting held on Thursday.
In a statement, Mr. Okoye said the commission also constituted two committees for the gathering secretariat as well as the Situation Room Committee and the Gathering Center.
The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, will head the Collation Secretariat where the presidential results from the states will be collated, he said.
“In addition, some technical staff will assist them,” he said.
The second committee, Mr. Okoye said, will be chaired by May Agbamuche-Mbu, the national commissioner with the commission.
He said the 16-member committee chaired by Mrs Agbamuche-Mbu will be “responsible for venue preparation, seating arrangement, facilities and services, security, accreditation of party agents, as well as national and international observers, media, etc.”
The Director, Secretary of the Commission, will be the secretary of the committee, he added.
He listed other members of the committee which included Abdullahi Zuru and Festus Okoye – two national commissioners.
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He added that the Director, Election Operations, ICT, Planning and Monitoring, Security, Election & Party Monitoring, Research, Health Services, Estate, Works and Transport, as well as the Director, International Cooperation & Protocol will also be part of the committee. .
Other members include the Chief Technical Adviser to Mr. Yakubu, the Special Adviser and the Chief Press Secretary.
“The Situation Room and Collation Center Committee was inaugurated by the Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who told them to start working in earnest and carry out their responsibilities diligently,” he said.
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