2027: Equip yourselves with election processes to avoid litigation – INEC tasks journalists

The Kaduna State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Saidu Ahmed, has charged journalists to recognize the assorted stages starring to the 2027 wide elections to guarantee close and liable reporting.

Ahmed said journalists should familiarise themselves with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 and recognize the processes covering enactment primaries, information of candidates, work of candidates’ lists, campaigns, pre-election litigation, election-day activities and post-election petitions.

The REC made the entreaty astatine a retreat organised by the Kano State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Represented by an INEC supervisor, Ahmed Musa, the REC spoke connected predetermination reporting, the ineligible framework, information and ethical boundaries.

Ahmed said journalists were progressive successful captious relation of shaping nationalist cognition and could either lend to nation-building oregon undermine nationalist cohesion done irresponsible reporting.

“You tin marque oregon interruption adjacent a nation. So it is ever connected you to effort to marque a nation, not to interruption a nation,” helium said.