The European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria (EU EOM) declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks transparency in the 2023 presidential election.
The EU noted that voters’ earlier trust and
confidence in INEC before the election decreased due to the manipulation of
results alleged by voters.
“Weak points include a lack of INEC
empowerment to enforce sanctions for electoral offences and breaches of
campaign finance rules. Positively, INEC benefited from more timely financing
than previous contests.
“The introduction of the Bimodal Voter
Accreditation System (BVAS) and the IReV for the 2023 elections was perceived
as an important step to ensure the integrity and credibility of elections.
“However, delayed training of technical
personnel, an inadequate mock testing exercise, and a lack of public
information on the election technologies diminished expectations and left room
for speculation and uncertainty.
“During the early stages of collation,
presidential result forms from polling units were not displayed on the IReV,
while Senate and House of Representative results were slowly published.”
However, Nigerians have reported
dissatisfaction with the electoral commission for purported discrepancies in
the election results.
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