All materials used for 2023 elections were printed in Nigeria —  INEC boss

<p>Yakubu said this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting in Abuja.</p>, <span>Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) (Daily Post)</span>, <h2>Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria.</h2>, <p>Yakubu stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election held on Monday in Abuja.</p>, <p>“I am glad to report that the printing of all sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the 2023 General Election was entirely done in Nigeria.</p>, <p>“This is the first time in 44 years since the transition to democratic rule in 1979 that this great step was taken and achieved.</p>, <p>“This is in spite of the record number of 93.4 million registered voters and over 500 million ballot papers, result sheets and other documents for the five categories of the main elections and supplementary polls.</p>, <p>“For this reason, the 2023 General Election was held as scheduled for the first time in the last four electoral cycles without a postponement arising from the non-arrival of materials,’’ Yakubu said.</p>, <p>He added that other recorded positive development in the election include the repeal and re-enactment of the Electoral Act 2010 into the Electoral Act 2022, which gave INEC the opportunity to get prepared on time.</p>, <p>The chairman said that the new act provides a period of 180 days for political parties to conclude their primaries and submit the names of candidates and the political parties for the elections.</p>, <p>This according to him, also helped INEC to commence the process of producing the election materials in good time.</p>, <p>“Furthermore, we were also able to expand voter access to polling units for the first time since the initial delimitation exercise in 1996.</p>, <p>“Similarly, we intr