The committee’s terms of reference include reviewing the preparations and deployment of personnel and material on the eve of the elections, identifying factors responsible for apparent failure of processes in some local government areas, and establishing the involvement and possible culpability of INEC officials in the conduct and outcome of the elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up a four-man committee to investigate the role of its staff in the conduct of the 10 December federal and state legislative re-run elections.
This was contained in a document obtained by SaharaReporters in Abuja on Wednesday.
According to the document, the committee is headed by Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu. Other members are Air-Vice Marshal (retd.) Ahmed T. Mu’azu, a national commissioner; Professor Jacob Jatau, Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Federal Capital Territory; and Mr. Omoloja Tajudeen, INEC Deputy Director (Discipline).
The committee’s terms of reference include reviewing the preparations and deployment of personnel and material on the eve of the elections, identifying factors responsible for apparent failure of processes in some local government areas, and establishing the involvement and possible culpability of INEC officials in the conduct and outcome of the elections.
The committee is also expected to recommend appropriate sanctions against officials guilty of infractions, commend creditable performance and advise INEC on any matter considered relevant to the assignment.
The document also announced the promotion of 1,307 INEC staff across the country.
The promotions were approved yesterday, following a meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
A breakdown of those promoted shows that 14 officers were promoted from Grade Level (GL) 16 to Grade Level (GL) 17 (substantive Directors), while 1,293 were officers from Grade Levels (GL) 7 to 16. All the staff promoted passed were said to have passed their promotion examinations and met other criteria set by the commission.
