Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, said the undemocratic takeover of government in some West African countries had posed a great challenge to electoral umpires in the sub-region. We are having democratic and electoral retrogression in the sub-region, and we have had undemocratic takeover in one or two places. Only a few years ago, we went round the sub-region saying that for the first time in the history of West Africa, all the countries had democracies. According to him, the development imposes a challenge on electoral commissioners to be more vigilant, noting that is where ECONEC comes in. He went on: “We must continue to support one another to conduct the kind of elections we all aspire for.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2021 16:20 UTC