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August 14, 2019
The Honorary President, ECOWAS Network of ElectionCommissions ECONEC, Mahmood Yakubu, has described the network as a vital instrumentin successful conduct of credible election in West Africa sub-region.
ECONEC is an umbrella body of Election ManagementBodies EMBs in West Africa.
Yakubu, who is the Chairman of the IndependentNational Electoral Commission INEC and immediate past president of ECONEC, saidthis in an interview in Abuja.
He said ECONEC was one of the best things atbilateral level that happened to good governance in West African countries.
Yakubu said the network working with internationalcommunities and development partners had been instrumental in facilitatingsmooth collaboration among key stakeholders such as the media, civil societiesand the judiciary in member countries during the conduct of elections.
He said that ECONEC had also been helpful inaddressing various challenges confronting different member countries whileconducting major elections.ڨW8