Rivers Re-run: INEC To Prosecute Corrupt Officials
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it will carry out “disciplinary action” on any of its officers found guilty in the ongoing investigation into the federal and state legislative re-run elections in Rivers State.
In a statement INEC’s Deputy Director in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Nick Dazang and contained in the commission’s monthly bulletin on Wednesday, the electoral body also set up a four-man committee to carry out the investigation.
The committee is headed by Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu. Other members are Air-Vice Marshal (retd.) Ahmed T. Mu’azu, a national commissioner; Professor Jacob Jatau, Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Federal Capital Territory; and Mr. Omoloja Tajudeen, INEC Deputy Director (Discipline).
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The committee is also expected to recommend appropriate sanctions against officials guilty of infractions, commend creditable performance and advise INEC on any matter considered relevant to the assignment.
“In respect of INEC members of staff facing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the conduct of the 2015 general elections, the commission decided that appropriate disciplinary action be meted out to them based on the INEC Staff Conditions of Service,” the bulletin stated.
Dazang said the committee was directed to submit its report on January 30, 2017.
The commission further approved the promotion of 1,307 INEC staff across the country, after a meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
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He said, “Fourteen were officers promoted from Grade Level 16 to Grade Level 17 (substantive directors) while 1,293 were officers from Grade Levels 7 to 16,” Dazang said.
He explained that all those promoted passed their promotion examinations and met the rigorous criteria set by the commission.
