Nigeria's Electoral Body {INEC} Structurally Flawed- EU

European Union’s Election observation  team in Nigeria said yesterday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has some structural flaws which can adversely affect its activities.
 
EU’s Chief Observer, Santiago Fisas, made the observation during the team’s final report on the March 28 and April 11 general elections presented in Abuja to mark the end of its 10 months observance period of the 2015 elections.
 
Mr. Fisas told newsmen  that INEC showed some level of impartiality during the elections, but said there were institutional procedures that needed to be addressed. “The law overly restricts INEC’s powers, rendering it insufficiently effective in challenging inappropriate actions,” he said.
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