The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that insecurity and infrastructure combined to compound its logistics deployment during the exercise.
This was disclosed by the commission’s chairman, Mahmood Yakubu at a post-election review meeting with the Electoral Officers and Leaders of Transport Unions held in Abuja.
He said: “There is no doubt that the success of any election primarily depends on the ability to deploy personnel and materials to various locations.
In Nigeria, this involves the biggest logistic deployment the nation periodically undertakes across vast terrains and often difficult topography.
“This has been a perennial challenge over time but it is now compounded by issues of infrastructure and insecurity.
However, the commission has to deploy personnel and materials not only for Election Day activities but electoral activities, in general, covering the period before, during and after the elections.”
“Today, we are here to attend to the question of “How far and how well” we performed in our respective duties during the election. As field workers, we expect to hear from you the challenges encountered and how you resolved them in the field.
“Your key recommendations of this review exercise will enhance deployment and reverse logistics in our electoral operations.”
