By Balarabe Oshiafi
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), drawing from the hindsight it gained from Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa off cycle elections, has organised a workshop on reengineering e-training towards improved performance in the coming Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
In a news release made available to ExpressDay in Abuja on Monday, the electoral body disclosed that the workshop was organized by “the Electoral Institute (TEI) in collaboration with IFES at Tahir Guest Palace Hotel, Kano on 4th – 6th March, 2024”.
INEC’s release further disclosed that the objective of the training is to highlight the specific challenges encountered in the management of past off-cycle elections with a view to defining the challenges; determining the cause of these challenges; identifying, prioritizing, and selecting alternatives for a solution; and implementing the solutions at the forthcoming 2024 off-cycle Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled to hold in September and November, 2024, respectively.
While declaring the workshop open, the Chairman, Board of Electoral Institute (BEI) Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru stated that it was imperative to understand the underlying issues which impacts on the Management of Training in the preparation for the 2023 General Elections and the 2023 Off-cycle Governorship Elections.
He further stated the need to access the role and impact of the INEC e-school on the training of adhoc staff for the successful conduct of elections.
The Director-General of TEI, Dr. Sa’ad Umar Idris, in his welcome address emphasized the need for participants to acquire the expertise needed to effectively manage the INEC e- school and also interrogate issues arising from the management of training for the 2023 General Elections and off cycle Elections.
Goodwill messages were delivered by dignitaries present including the Resident Electoral Commission Kano, Ambassador Abdullahi Zango, The Country Director, IFES, Mr. Seray Jah represented by Simon Fanto.
In attendance at the workshop were the Director of Training; Director, Research and Documentation; Director-in-Training, Mr. ifeanyi Agoha, who took the participants through on the Overview of the Agenda, Objectives and Expectations of the Workshop.
Others present at the Workshop include Directing staff of the Institute, TEI Trainers and selected State Training Officers.
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