2023: INEC to deploy 707,384 presiding officers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will deploy 707,384 presiding officers for the February 25 general elections.

The commission also stated that because electoral education is important, it should be incorporated into Nigeria’s National Values Curriculum for primary schools.

Festus Okoye, National Commissioner of INEC and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this during the public presentation of the Electoral Education Curriculum and Teachers’ Guide for primary schools.

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The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening – Sustaining Electoral Engagement for Democracy project, funded by USAID and FCDO and implemented by the National Democratic Institute and IFES, was developed in collaboration with the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, INEC (via the Voter Education Department), National Orientation Agency, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All, and academia from acr.

Festus Okoye, National Commissioner of INEC and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this during the public presentation of the Electoral Education Curriculum and Teachers’ Guide for primary schools.

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The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening – Sustaining Electoral Engagement for Democracy project, funded by USAID and FCDO and implemented by the National Democratic Institute and IFES, was developed in collaboration with the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, INEC (via the Voter Education Department), National Orientation Agency, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All, and academia from across the country.

“We believe that electoral education is important in the goals of our nation,” Okoye said. Electoral education is a specialized field, which is why it is incorporated into the National Values Curriculum in our primary schools.

“For instance, for the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the commission will deploy a total of 707, 384 presiding officers and assistant presiding officers.

“These presiding officers will be drawn from the crop of young men and women doing their National Youth Service Corps, while the assistant presiding officers will be drawn from students from federal tertiary institutions.

“It is therefore important for us to understand the importance of electoral education in the development of our democracy.

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“A national civic education curriculum and teachers’ guide with a specific focus electoral education will prepare our children for the challenges ahead, as well as how to respect other people’s races and to assume leadership in the future.”

Anthony Banbury, President of IFES, stated that the firm’s contribution to the project was to strengthen Nigeria’s electoral process through effective civic education teaching and learning in primary schools.

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“To catch them young, the revised curriculum is a hallmark innovation that will introduce children and youth very early to the concept, processes, ethics, and values of democratic systems and governance.

“It will be critical for young people’s orientation to initiate a shift away from existing norms. Long term, it will increase civic participation and knowledge of democratic systems and values as today’s children grow into adults and voters of tomorrow, according to Banbury.

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