The coalition of over 19 CSOs said this in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Iyinoluwa Bolarinwa.
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The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting in Owerri on Monday.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The stakeholders stated this at a roundtable organised by Yiaga Africa and the Kofi Annan Foundation.
Mutiu Agboke, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
Those sworn in are Dr Alalibo Johnson from Bayelsa, and Dr Umar Gajiram from Borno.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the commission’s regular meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners held at INEC headquarters in Abuja.
Yakubu gave the advice at a consultative meeting with the RECs in Abuja on Tuesday, and advised them not to be distracted by politicians’ antics.