INEC’s Blackberry PIN released: 2687A1CA

>>It urged complainants to send such text messages to 0816 666 2222 or Call 0707-027-3671 to 9.

>>It urged that incidents and developments during the elections be reported to the Twittter platform called @inecnigeria.








INEC guide to elections

March 30, 2011 12:53PM
Four days to the National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on its Twittter post said it is ready to ensure free and fair elections in Nigeria, urging voters to go out and exercise their rights.

It urged that incidents and developments during the elections be reported to the Twittter platform called @inecnigeria.

The commission listed the procedure for ensuring a successful voting activity:

>>Take your Voter’s Card to the polling unit where you registered recently to be accredited between 8am-12noon.

>>During the accreditation stage, an appropriate finger of your left hand will be marked with indelible ink as proof of accreditation.

>>Anyone who fails to join the queue by 12 noon when the poll orderly stands behind the last person will not be eligible for accreditation, but whoever is already waiting in the queue before 12:00 noon will get accredited no matter the time.

>>Please note that anyone without his/her Voter’s Card has no business going near the polling centre as he/she will not be accredited.

>>After your accreditation, you must be back on the queue at 12:30 p.m. for another head count of accredited voters who show up to vote.

>>There will be a head count, and the number of accredited voters will be announced loudly by the Presiding Officer to all present.

>>Anyone who shows up after the head count is taken will not be allowed to join the queue, though he/she may have been earlier accredited.

>>During the voting process, after the polling officials have verified your accreditation, appropriate finger of your right hand will be marked with indelible ink as proof of your having shown up to vote.

>>Thereafter, you will be issued with ballot papers signed, stamped and dated appropriately by the Presiding Officer.

>>On getting the ballot paper, you’ll move to the voting cubicle compartment to fingerprint the space for the party candidate of your choice

>>You’ll then return into the open and proceed to drop the ballot in the transparent Ballot Box provided.

>>Please note that Voting closes for each polling unit when the last person on the queue votes.

>>After voting, you may remain at the polling unit until the votes are sorted, counted and the tally announced by the Presiding Officer.

>>You must conduct yourself in a peaceful and orderly manner if you choose to stay behind and await the tally.

>>Adequate provisions have been made by INEC to enable physically challenged persons to exercise their franchise.

>>Please note that proxy voting will on no account be allowed.

>>INEC’s Blackberry PIN released: 2687A1CA


INEC releases hotlines for complaints

March 31, 2011 03:38AM
In its quests to ensure that the rights of all Nigerians who come out to vote in the Saturday April 2 election exercise are unhindered, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in its tweeter page, has announced that physically challenged persons are entitled to have someone assist them in voting.

The commission also released mobile phone lines through which all SMS reports could be sent and acted upon. It urged complainants to send such text messages to 0816 666 2222 or Call 0707-027-3671 to 9.

"Do not forget to add time and voting location along with the incidence report. To enable INEC respond promptly, reports should reflect details such as location, time, and action involved in the incident," it states.

The commission, however, states its resolve to decentralise voting in polling units with large number of registrants in a way that all voting points shall cater for not more than 300 voters each.

In order to achieve this, it states that, "any polling units with more than 300 voters will be sub-divided into voting points for ease of accreditation and balloting," claiming that "the present leadership of INEC has pledged to observe the law in strict terms, and to leave no room for any official violating the law."

Added d PIN since yesterday but stil waiting for authorizastion. If dey are serious abt us using d pin shuld it take dat long?

And d 0816, number belongs to a group called Reclaim Naija. Dey said complaints should be forwarded to dat no. Or culd dat INEC is also ReclaimNaija?

Clarification pls.