{"id":244859,"date":"2023-01-28T04:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T03:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=244859"},"modified":"2023-01-28T04:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T03:34:50","slug":"we-cant-force-varsities-to-close-for-elections-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/28\/we-cant-force-varsities-to-close-for-elections-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"We can&#8217;t force varsities to close for elections &#8211; INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it cannot force universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The media aide to the chairman of the commission, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that a member of the House of Representatives, Kabir Tukura, had on Thursday moved a motion titled, \u2018Urgent Need to Give the Students of Tertiary Institutions of Learning in Nigeria an Opportunity to Vote in the General Elections.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tukura noted that the Chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/27\/inec-set-february-4-for-mock-accreditation-with-bvas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INEC<\/a>, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had said that 3.8 million of the newly registered voters are students, accounting for 40.8 percent of the total number of newly registered voters.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the worry that academic calendars of various tertiary institutions are structured \u201cin a way that most students are disenfranchised, as school calendars do not take into consideration the timelines and date for elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker said, \u201cThe House is concerned that these students, who constitute 40.8 per cent of the newly registered voters, have their polling units sited in states outside their campuses, thereby necessitating travelling outside their respective institutions to vote in the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House is further concerned that tertiary institutions are not considering academic breaks for students during the general elections, despite having knowledge that most students registered outside their campuses during the continuous voter registration exercise, which took place during the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House is cognisant that the INEC has enormous statutory powers to make special arrangements for students to collect their PVCs to vote. The NUC, NBTE, NCCE and the federal Ministry of Education, as the regulators of tertiary education in Nigeria, have the statutory powers to direct both the public and private tertiary education institutions in Nigeria to suspend academic activities pending the conclusion of the general elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, INEC chairman\u2019s media aide, Oyekanmi said it was beyond INEC to dictate to varsities on how to run their calender, PUNCH reports.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cEach university has a governing council that decides how the university should be run. I doubt it, although I stand to be corrected, if the National Universities Commission can indeed issue a directive to universities on when to go on holidays or operate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t forget that we also have private and state universities that are not being funded by the Federal Government, although the NUC performs its oversight functions on their academic programmes, which are subjected to regular accreditation exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the same manner, the Independent National Electoral Commission cannot compel any university to announce a holiday for election purposes. We don\u2019t have such powers. This decision is best left to the governing council of the individual universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned publication reported that the Chairman, Committee of Vice Chancellors, Prof Samuel Edoumiekumo, said neither the National Assembly, the National Universities Commission nor the CVC was empowered to dictate the tertiary institutions to go on holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Edoumiekumo said the decision resides with Senate and Governing Council of individual higher institution.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThis is not the first time election is taking place, they are not the ones to inform universities, universities have their respective governing councils and their senates; so individual universities will look at the scenarios within their universities and take appropriate decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it cannot force universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections. The media aide to the chairman of the commission, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in an interview with Saturday PUNCH on Friday. 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