The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has charged the commission’s Administrative Secretaries across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to adopt strict operational discipline and eliminate ambiguity in preparations for the 2027 general elections.
Amupitan gave the charge on Monday in Lagos while opening a two-day Strategic Operational Workshop for the Administrative Secretaries, describing them as the “engine room” of INEC’s state-level operations.
He said the successes recorded in recent off-cycle elections, particularly in Osun State, must be scaled up and established as an “unbreakable national standard” ahead of the 2027 polls.
As part of efforts to achieve this, the commission is introducing an Administrative Secretary Master Operational Tracker Template, a co-created, data-driven tool designed to provide real-time information on the readiness of INEC’s state offices.
The tracker will be linked directly to the Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC), enabling the commission’s headquarters to monitor the distribution of election materials and staff training across the states in real time.
Amupitan said the system was intended to shift the commission from reactive management to proactive planning and ensure that potential operational challenges were identified and addressed before they affected election delivery.
Credit: channelstv.com
