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Deploy Election Risk Management tool in African countries, Jega recommends

After successfully deploying the Election Risk Management (ERM) tool for the 2015 general elections, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has thrown his support behind the introduction of the ERM in the election management of other African countries.
He disclosed that: “the tool has enabled us to do electoral risk mapping to generate data and do analysis to support a range of activities targeted at either mitigating risks or taking proactive measures in ensuring the conduct of free, fair, credible and especially peaceful elections”.
The INEC Chairman made the recommendation Wednesday, at a workshop on ERM post-elections analysis organized in collaboration with International IDEA and African Union, held at INEC’s Electoral Institute Abuja.
While encouraging the use of the ERM tool due to its effectiveness, Professor Jega expressed INEC’s readiness “to share experiences and willingness to participate in whatever role it can, in order to ensure utilization of its objective in expanding the organization of the tool in the African continent.”
The INEC Chairman was full of appreciation to the Embassy of the Netherlands, the African Union and International IDEA for their support towards deployment of the tool and also the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections.
He urged participants at the workshop to contribute ideas in terms of how to continually improve the framework and the methodology of preventing conflicts and violence in elections.
Earlier in his remarks, the International IDEA Africa Programme representative, Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, paid tribute to the INEC Chairman for his exemplary leadership qualities and for “raising the face of the country.”
He urged that the Nigerian experience be used as a template to share with other African countries.
On his part, the Representative of the Embassy of the Netherlands, Maurice Paulson, described the 2015 general elections as peaceful and commended the INEC Chairman for the success of the elections.
He emphasized the role of the deployment of the ERM tool in mitigating violence in the 2015 general elections, adding that his country will encourage its deployment in other African countries.

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