Project Plan Committee (EPPC), charged with the
responsibility of planning for the 2019 general elections. This is contained in a statement issued by Prince Adedeji Soyebi,
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education
Committee, after its weekly meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement also disclosed that the Commission at the meeting also
approved the 2017- 2021 Strategic Plan for immediate implementation,
following its validation by stakeholders.
The inaugurated committee chaired by a National Commissioner, Prof
Okechukwu Ibeanu and Ndeche Okechukwu, Director, Planning and Monitoring
as Secretary is to coordinate all departments and state inputs into
planning for the elections.
The committee is also to monitor the performance of the two-year
budget for the general elections, identify gaps and advise the
commission appropriately.
The committee is to produce a comprehensive, cost estimate Election
Project Plan (EPP) for the commission’s approval and alsoensure the
integration of the EPP and the EMS for effective implementation and
monitoring.
The statement quoted INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu while
inaugurating the committee, as asking its members to immediately devote
themselves to ensuring that the 2019 general elections were better than
the previous ones.
Yakubu also charged the committee members to commence the
implementation of the Strategic Plan 2017-2021 and to ensure the
actualisation of all its envisaged goals.
He stated that with the inauguration of the committee and the
approval of the Strategic Plan, the commission “is now in an election
mode.’’
Chairman of the Committee, lbeanu pledged that members would
immediately devote themselves to the onerous task of making the 2019
general elections a success.
Ibeanu added that the members regarded the assignment as a great
honour and privilege for which no stone will be left unturned to achieve
the commission’s goals.
Members of the committee are National Commissioners Dr Adekunle
Ogunmola, Mr Abubakar Nahuche, Prof. Bolade Eyinla, Chief Technical
Adviser to INEC Chairman and Prof Mohammad Kuna, Special Adviser to the
Chairman.
The members also include Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to
INEC Chairman; Prof Abubakar Momoh, Director General Electoral
Institute, Mr AT Yusuf, Director, Operations, and Mr Chidi Nwafor,
Director of ICT.
Others are Mr lro Gambo, Director, Voter Registration, Mr Aminu
ldris, Director, EPM; Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola Director, Legal Services,
Mrs Ruth Endeley, Director, Estate and Works, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzi,
Director, Voter Education & Publicity, and Mr Kenneth Ukeagu,
Director Procurement.