Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission is working on supplementary regulations and guidelines to provide clarity in the review of declaration and return at elections, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Yakubu disclosed at a regular consultative meeting of Resident Electoral Commissioners RECs on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that the commission was doing this in pursuant to the commissions power to issue regulations, guidelines and manuals to give effect to the provisions of Electoral Act.
As we approach the bye-elections, the off-cycle governorship elections and ultimately, the 2027 general election, the commission is concerned with the various interpretations given to the provision of Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022 on the review of election results, he said.
Yakubu said that the commission was working on a supplement to the Regulations and Guidelines for the Conduct of Elections, 2022 to provide clarity on the review of declaration and return at elections.