The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, on Monday, 7 September, 2026 warned its administrative secretaries in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory against operational lapses ahead of the 2027 general election, reports thegazellenews.com.
Amupitan, gave the warning on Monday, September 7, 2026, in Lagos while opening a two-day Strategic Operational Workshop for the commission’s Administrative Secretaries.
The workshop is focusing on five major areas: Continuous Voter Registration, logistics and materials management, electoral technology, optimisation of ad hoc staff and financial compliance.
INEC boss said the workshop would produce a standard Excel-based operational tracker for Administrative Secretaries. The system will be connected to INEC’s Election Monitoring and Support Centre dashboard and the Election Project Plan.
Amupitan said INEC had entered a critical six-month period of preparations for the 2027 polls and urged the officials to ensure uniformity in the commission’s administrative operations.
“We can no longer afford fragmented interpretations of administrative duties or disjointed operational practices from state to state,” he said
