Independent National Electoral Commission

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electoral commission government agency

The Independent National Electoral Commission is Nigeria’s autonomous government body responsible for organizing, overseeing, and regulating federal and state elections across the country.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Independent National Electoral Commission canonical 21
INEC 2
Board of Commissioners of INEC 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral commission ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
appointmentBy President of Nigeria ⓘ
chairpersonTitle Chairman of INEC ⓘ
confirmationBy Senate of Nigeria ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
foundingDate 1998 ⓘ
governingBody Independent National Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Board of Commissioners of INEC
headquartersCountry Nigeria ⓘ
headquartersLocation Abuja ⓘ
jurisdiction Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999

Electoral Act of Nigeria ⓘ
power to conduct National Assembly elections in Nigeria ⓘ
to conduct State Houses of Assembly elections in Nigeria ⓘ
to conduct gubernatorial elections in Nigeria ⓘ
to conduct presidential elections in Nigeria ⓘ
to register and deregister political parties in Nigeria ⓘ
precededBy National Electoral Commission of Nigeria ⓘ
regionServed Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

all 36 states of Nigeria ⓘ
responsibility announcement of election results in Nigeria ⓘ
conduct of federal elections in Nigeria ⓘ
conduct of local government elections in Nigeria ⓘ
conduct of state elections in Nigeria ⓘ
demarcation of electoral constituencies in Nigeria ⓘ
issuance of certificates of return to elected officials in Nigeria ⓘ
maintenance of the national voters register ⓘ
monitoring campaign financing in Nigeria ⓘ
monitoring political parties in Nigeria ⓘ
organizing elections in Nigeria ⓘ
overseeing elections in Nigeria ⓘ
registration of political parties in Nigeria ⓘ
regulating elections in Nigeria ⓘ
voter registration in Nigeria ⓘ
role ensuring credible elections in Nigeria ⓘ
ensuring free and fair elections in Nigeria ⓘ
ensuring transparent elections in Nigeria ⓘ
sector election management ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
shortName Independent National Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: INEC
supervisingAuthority National Assembly of Nigeria ⓘ
Government of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Nigeria
usesSystem Bimodal Voter Accreditation System ⓘ
Permanent Voter Card system ⓘ
website https://www.inecnigeria.org ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senate of Nigeria → electoralBody → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Independent National Electoral Commission → shortName → Independent National Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission → governingBody → Independent National Electoral Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Board of Commissioners of INEC
Constitution Review Committee → worksWith → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
All Progressives Congress → electoralCommissionRegistration → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Ibadan South-East Local Government Area → hasElectoralBody → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent National Electoral Commission for federal and state elections
FGN → hasAgency → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Act of Nigeria → definesPowersOf → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Act of Nigeria → bindingOn → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Electoral Act of Nigeria → enforcedBy → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
National Electoral Commission of Nigeria → replacedBy → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
National Electoral Commission of Nigeria → followedBy → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System → developer → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System → developerAbbreviation → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: INEC
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System → managingOrganization → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System → introducedBy → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent National Electoral Commission chairman
Fourth Republic of Nigeria → electoralBody → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
APC → electoralCommissionRegistration → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: All Progressives Congress
2003 Nigerian general election → supervisingBody → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Lagos Central Senatorial District → electoralBody → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria → establishes → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria → definesCompositionOf → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria → definesPowersOf → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria → definesFunctionsOf → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
2011 Nigerian presidential election → electoralCommission → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
New Nigeria Peoples Party → registeredWith → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ
Attahiru Jega → employer → Independent National Electoral Commission ⓘ