2015 polls: INEC sets up committee

As part of efforts aimed at bracing itself for the challenges of the 2015 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up fifteen (15) Standing Committees to superintend over the affairs of the Commission.

According to an INEC Bulletin made available to media on Friday in Abuja, the Standing Committees are:

(1.) Appointments, Promotion and Discipline Committee (APD); (2.) Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisition Committee (BOSTEAC); (3.) Board of Electoral Institute (TEI); (4.) Election Observation and Party Monitoring Committee (EPMC); (5.) Estate, Works and Transport Committee; (6.) Finance and General Purpose Committee); (7.) Health and Welfare Committee (HWC); (8.) Information Technology and Voter Registration Committee (ITVRC); (9.) Information and Voter Registration Committee (IVEC); (10.) Legal Services, Clearance and Complaints Committee (LSC); (11.) Electoral Operations and Logistics Committee (EOLC); (12) Outreach and Partnerships Committee (OPC); (13.) Planning, Monitoring and Strategy Committee (PMSC); (14.) Security Committee; (15.) Tenders Board).

According to a memo dated 13^th November 2014 and signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta C. Ogakwu, the fifteen Committees came into effect on Monday, 17^th November, 2014, precisely eighty nine (89) days to the 2015 General Elections.

Members of the Standing Committees are:

(1.) Appointments, Promotion and Discipline Committee (APDC)

(i.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; (iii.) Dr. Chris Iyimoga (NC), member; (iv.) Mrs. Amina B. Zakari (NW), member; (v.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; and (vi.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member.

(2.) Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisi-tion Committee (BOSTEAC)

(i.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), Ag. Chairman; (ii.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; (iv.) Vacant (SW), member; (v.) Amb. Ahmed Wali (NW), member; and (vi.) Dr. Ishmael Igbani (SS), member.

(3.) Board of Electoral Institute (TEI) (i.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS), Chairman; (ii.) Vacant (SW), member; (iii.) Mrs. Amina B. Zakari (NW), member; (iv.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), member; (v.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; and (vi.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), member.

(4.) Election Observation and Party Monitoring Committee (EPMC)

(i.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), Chairman; (ii.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; (iii.) Amb. A.M. Wali (NW), member; (iv.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; (v.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member; and (vi) Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga (NC), member.

(5.) Estate, Works and Transport Committee (EWTC)

(i.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) NE), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), member; (iii.) Vacant (SW), member; (iv.) Mrs. Amina B. Zakari (NW), member; (v.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member; and (vi.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member.

(6.) Finance and General Purpose Committee (FGPC)

(i.) Prof. Attahiru M. Jega (NW), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS), member; (iii.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; (iv.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; (v.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; (vi.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), member; and (vii) Mrs. Aminu B. Zakari (NW), member.

(7.) Health and Welfare Committee (HWC)

(i.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS), member; (iii.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), member; (iv.) Vacant (SW), member (v.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; and Amb. Ahmed Wali (NW), member.

(8.) Information Technology and Voter Registration Committee (ITVRC)

(i.) Prof. Attahiru M. Jega (NW), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; (iii.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member; (iv.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), member; (v.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; (vi.) Dr. Chris Iyimoga (NC), member; and (vii) Amb. A.M. Wali (NW), member.

(9.) Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC)

(i.) Dr. Chris Iyimoga (NC), Chairman; (ii.) Amb. A.M. Wali (NW), member (iii.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; (iv.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS), member; (v.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; and (vi.) Vacant (SW), member.

(10.) Legal Services, Clearance and Complaints Committee (LSC)

(i.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), Chairperson; (ii.) Amb. L. Nwuruku (SE), member; (iii.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; (iv.) Amb. A.M. Wali (NW), member; (v.) Dr. A. Oniyangi (NC), member; and (vi.) Vacant (SW), member.

(11.) Electoral Operations and Logistics Committee (OLC)

(i.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), Chairman; (ii.) Mrs. Amina B. Zakari (NW) (iii.) Vacant (SW), member; (iv.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; (v.) Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga (NC), member; and (iv.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member.

(12.) Outreach and Partnerships Committee (OPC)

(i.) Mrs Gladys Nwafor (SE), Chairperson; (ii.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; (iii.) Amb. A.M. Wali (NW), member; (iv.) Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga (NC), member; (v.) Col M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; and (vi.) Mrs. Thelma Iremiren (SS), member.

(13.) Planning, Monitoring and Strategy Committee (PMSC)

(i.) Mrs. Amina B. Zakari (NW), Chairperson; (ii.) Mrs Thelma Iremiren (SS), member; (iii.) Dr. Chris Iyimoga (NC), member; (iv.) Dr. (Engr.) Nuru Yakubu (NE), member; (v.) Vacant (SW), member and (vi.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member.

(14.) Security Committee (SC) (i.) Prof. Attahiru M. Jega (NW), Chairman; (ii.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS), member; (iii.) Mrs. Gladys N. Nwafor (SE), member; (iv.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; (v.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; (vi.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), member and (vii) Mrs Amina B. Zakari (NW), member.

(15.) Tenders Board (TB)

(i.) Amb. Ahmed Wali (NW), Chairman; (ii.) Col. M.K. Hammanga (rtd) (NE), member; (iii.) Prof. Lai Olurode (SW), member; (iv.) Dr. Ishmael J. Igbani (SS) and (vi.) Dr. A.S. Oniyangi (NC), member.

The Commission had in 2010, barely one month after it was inaugurated (on 30^th June 2010) set up fourteen Standing Committees to oversee the affairs of the Commission.

Meanwhile in furtherance of its efforts to professionalise, advance sound knowledge of election administration and build the required capacity, The Electoral Institute (TEI) is organising its Ninth (9th) Lecture Series.

The lecture titled: “Youth and Electoral Violence in Africa” is scheduled to hold on Monday, December 1, 2014, at the TEI Auditorium, Central Area, Abuja.

The Guest Lecturer is a Director at African Leadership Centre (ALC), Kings College, University of London, Dr. Funmi Olonisakin. She is also a Consultant to the United Nations, African Union Commission and ECOWAS, among numerous others.

Source: dailyindependent