Electoral Management Bodies Assessment of Federal Republic of Nigeria

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was established by the 1999 Constitution 
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to among other things organize elections into various political 
offices in the country.The functions of INEC as contained in Section 15, Part 1 of the Third Schedule 
of the 1999 Constitution (As Amended) and Section 2 of the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended) include 
Organize, undertake and supervise all elections to the offices of the President and Vice-President, the 
Governor and Deputy Governor of a State, and to the membership of the Senate, the House of 
Representatives and the House of Assembly of each state of the federation; Register political parties  
in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and Act of the National Assembly; Monitor the 
organization and operation of the political parties, including their finances; conventions, congresses 
and party primaries. Arrange for the annual examination and auditing of the funds and accounts of 
political parties, and publish a report on such examination and audit for public information; Arrange 
and conduct the registration of persons qualified to vote and prepare, maintain and revise the register 
of voters for the purpose of any election under this constitution; Monitor political campaigns and 
provide rules and regulations which shall govern the political parties; Conduct voter and civic 
education; Promote knowledge of sound democratic election processes; and Conduct any referendum 
required to be conducted pursuant to the provision of the 1999 Constitution or any other law or Act 
of the National Assembly.[1] thus one or another in the shoulder of INEC conduct elections, certify or 
nullify election results, resolve election disputes, initiate secondary legislation, make regulations or 
issue proclamations, whether it can determine the election date, draw up an election schedule and 
issue the election writ, call a by-election, call a general election, power to order re-polling if an election 
did not proceed in an honest and fair manner as defined in the law, order a re-poll in the event of 
violence or an emergency,  investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute violations of electoral laws 
& investigate and resolve disputes of an administrative nature or disputes which do not necessarily 
fall within the jurisdiction of the courts responsibility carried on.