Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has beaten others to win the Presidency of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC).
In a keenly contested election held during a meeting of the ECOWAS electoral commissions today, Wednesday, Professor Yakubu garnered 10 votes to defeat Guinean representative who got four votes.
The Republic of Benin and Guinea Bissau emerged first and second vice-presidents respectively, while Burkina Faso clinched the position of treasurer.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi, said that the election of Professor Yakubu followed two days of intensive deliberations on how to deepen the conduct of free, transparent and credible elections and by extension strengthen democracy in the sub-region.
According to Oyekamni, the three-day meeting, which began on March 27 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, focused on constitutional and legal frameworks, civic and voter registration, register of voters, electoral logistics, results collation and transmission and technological innovations among others. [myad]
