Editorial
INEC and the financial burden of by-elections
2 years agoChairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (left); receiving Ekiti State Presidential results from Prof. Akin Olawale Lasisi and Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Ayobami Salami at the National Collation Centre, Abuja… . PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ATEKO
The optimism expressed the other day by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmud Yakubu, over the conduct of pending by-elections is a significant boost to the development of democracy in the country.