2023 presidential election not transparent, inclusive — EU EOM
THE European Union Election Observer Mission, EU-EOM, to the 2023 general elections in Nigeria said yesterday that the polls were not transparent, neither were they inclusive as assured by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The EU Chief Observer and the head of the delegation, Barry Andrews, who stated this while presenting the mission’s final report on the election in Abuja yesterday, said the “election exposed enduring systemic weakness and, therefore, signalled a need for further legal and operational reforms to enhance transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability.” Although he noted some improvements in the conduct of the election, especially the deployment of technology such as the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and the INEC Results Viewing Portal, IReV, Andrews lamented that the 2023 general elections did not ensure a well-run transparent and inclusive democratic process as assured by the INEC He added that public confidence and trust in INEC were ...