INEC wants policemen and journalists to vote during polls.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, says the commission may approach the National Assembly for legislation that will enable its officials on duty and others who work on election days to be able to vote.

Yakubu said journalists and security agents, such as policemen, soldiers and others, should be able to cast their ballots during elections, despite being on official duty.

Legal Attorney Blog reports that Yakubu spoke on Wednesday in Lagos during a post-election review meeting with media stakeholders.

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Yakubu said that the commission may approach the National Assembly to amend the law to accommodate Nigerians who could not because of the nature of their jobs.

“For instance, many Nigerians did not have the opportunity to vote on election day simply because our laws say that you can only vote where you are registered.

“So, most of the journalists on the election day worked in places other than where they are registered, so they don’t have the opportunity to vote.

“This doesn’t apply only to journalists, it also applies to officials of INEC,; the regular and ad hoc officials, including the security agencies; it“So through this kind of interaction, we get recommendations from stakeholders and will see what area we are going to approach the National Assembly to amend the laws,” the INEC chairman said.

Appraising the 2023 general elections, he maintained that the commission had nothing to hide and did no wrong.

Despite the many challenges, Yakubu said many positive things came out of the 2023 elections. He admitted that despite the challenges during the last elections, the commission would continuously improve elections nationwide.

“This is an opportunity for the media executives in their various organisations to tell us what they have seen and how we can continue to improve the electoral process in the future.

“The commission has nothing to hide, and this type of interaction will continuously improve the process for future elections.

“Clearly, many positives are coming from the general elections, and at the same time, we admit that there are many challenges in the last election.

“There are several elections litigations at the various elections tribunals nationwide while we should be careful not to touch on issues that are clearly sub judice,” he added.

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