Utibe Ekoson
The immediate past Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa-Ibom State, Mr. Mike Igini, has said that the conduct and obvious ignorance of the letters of the 2022 Electoral Act by some senior INEC staff would make things difficult for the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu as Nigeria goes into the 2023 elections.During interview, the former REC cleared the air on the controversy trailing the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Akwa-Ibom North Senatorial District among other issues.He said the 2022 Electoral Act has secured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) innovations and procedures by returning power to the people at the polling units, where elections will now be won or lost and not at wards, local government areas and other stages or points of result collation. Igini further added that the most profound and empowering provision is the mandatory requirement of the law that the total number of votes scored by candidates and the number of accredited voters should be uploaded to the digital cloud in an INEC portal that is accessible to voters and participating political parties.
