INEC chairperson to RECs: Remain impartial

Acting Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Amina Bala Zakari, has called on Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to remain impartial and committed to the delivery of qualitative electoral services to the country.
She made the call on Saturday at a meeting with RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Zakari called for caution, noting that the Commission was experiencing challenges in the management of the various cases before the election petition tribunals.
“We shall continue to uphold our role as independent, non-partisan and an unbiased umpire. We must ensure that we act according to the rules and remain above board, as well as cooperate with all stakeholders to ensure free, fair and un-interrupted dispensation of justice,” she said.
Speaking on the agenda of the meeting, Zakari said: “Our meeting today is designed to enable us focus and re-strategize on key issues of the electoral process. It is obvious that the recommendations from the Uyo retreat have been far-reaching. We need to understudy those reports with a view to identifying suitable modalities for the implementation of the recommendations therein”.