We'll ensure a free, fair, and credible election– INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to hold in Nigeria the freest and most transparent election in all of Africa in 2019.

In order to inform Nigerians about the impending general elections, Mr. Festus Okoye, the national commissioner for information and voter education, announced this at the 2022 Calabar Carnival.

Therefore, Okoye encouraged Commission officials to "demonstrate to Nigerians that they have the capacity to do so."

According to him, the Commission chose to take part in the carnival in order to raise awareness of and inspire Nigerians to obtain their Permanent Voter's Cards (PVCs) and participate in the elections.

Okoye argued that Nigerians needed to be aware of the PVCs' potency.

If it hadn't, he claims, politicians wouldn't be trying to purchase them from potential voters.

“My message to Nigerians is that only the PVC can change their circumstances. Therefore, those who do not have their PVCs have no business in the electoral process.

“Our responsibility is to ensure that the PVCs are available for the people and to organise free, fair and credible elections.

“It is also to ensure that those Nigerians say should win the 2023 election win. The time has come for us to organise the freest and fairest election on the continent of Africa,” he said.

The Commission, according to Okoye, has no favourite political party and is only obligated to the Nigerian people.

To ensure that the 2023 elections were reliable and the greatest the nation had ever seen, he said the Commission needed to mobilize all national resources.