2023 Elections: Presidential candidates to sign Peace Accord – INEC

2023 Elections: Presidential candidates to sign Peace Accord – INEC

Presidential candidates of the political parties eligible to field candidates in next Saturday elections will sign a fresh Peace Accord on Wednesday.

Chairman of the Indepedent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the weekend while speaking with newsmen shortly after visiting the Government Secondary School, Garki in Abuja, venue of the training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) and the International Conference Centre.

The latter will serve as the national collation centre for the presidential polls.

Apart from serving as the Collation Centre, the ICC it also have a designated Media Centre and Situation Room.

Amidst the crisis thrown up by the controversial Naira Swap Policy, Professor Yakubu expressed confidence that his Commission would not encounter any financial handicap based on assurance from the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.

He noted that the bulk of the fund needed for logistics would be done through electronic transfer.

He also said his Commission was ready with the deployment of sensitive and non-sensitive materials and already assured of a secured environment for Nigerians to cast their ballot.

He said: “As you know, we have our own role clearly cut out and others also have their own roles clearly cut out but the most important thing is that we are working together and the security agencies have assured us that they will secure the environment for elections nationwide. So we have no issues in that respect.”