The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has revealed that it will be deploying at least 707,384 presiding officers for the general elections slated to begin on February 25, 2023.
This was because, according to the commission that since electoral education was vital, there was a need to infuse it into the National Values Curriculum of primary schools in the country.
Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, made the revelation at the public presentation of the Electoral Education Curriculum and Teachers’ Guide for primary schools.
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of NERDC, Prof. Ismail Junaidu, had revealed that the aim was to strengthen the spirit of the nation’s democracy to give for sustainable growth and development according to him, since democracy’s return in 1999, citizens’ participation in elections and the electoral process had remained a source of concern and frankly, discouraging.
Junaidu had then said that a known reason for this was the lack of adequate electoral knowledge among the youths of the country.
