{"id":171790,"date":"2025-07-30T23:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/elections-inec-seeks-extended-partnership-with-noa"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:28:48","slug":"elections-inec-seeks-extended-partnership-with-noa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/elections-inec-seeks-extended-partnership-with-noa","title":{"rendered":"Elections: INEC seeks extended partnership with NOA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called for more collaboration between the Commission and the National Orientation Agency, NOA.<\/p>\n<p>The INEC boss spoke during a courtesy visit to the Commission by the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu. in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was at the instance of the DG of NOA, who at the INEC headquarters along with senior officials at the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu noted that for INEC to succeed, it must engage all stakeholders and every national institution relevant to its mandate, adding that NOA is one of such national institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that INEC\u2019s mandate of conducting elections and electoral activities cannot be effectively discharged without advocacy and sensitisation of citizens for which the NOA is a central institution in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike INEC, you have offices across the Local Government Areas of the country which enable you to directly reach out to many Nigerians at community level.,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like us to explore further areas of partnership through our Voter Education &amp; Publicity and other relevant departments, particularly with the recent creation by the Commission of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Division under our ICT Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother area where we need to strengthen our partnership is voter mobilisation. While INEC will continue its voter education efforts, the NOA should, working with other stakeholders such as the political parties, civil society organisations and the media, help in the area of voter mobilisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim is to increase voter turnout and greater participation of the under-represented demographics in our electoral process, particularly youths, women and Persons with Disability (PwDs).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is for this reason that NOA has been included in the expanded membership of our Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission is also making efforts to revamp the National Inter-Agency Committee on Voter Education and Publicity (NICVEP) in which NOA will, again, play an active role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, I wish to reassure you of the Commission\u2019s willingness to partner with NOA and we are encouraged by the giant stride of the new management under your leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called for more collaboration between the Commission and the National Orientation Agency, NOA. The INEC boss spoke during a courtesy visit to the Commission by the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu. in Abuja on Wednesday. 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