Mahmood Yakubu

Mahmood Yakubu chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wants to use technology to make these elections more credible and transparent (AC Vol 63 No 20 An election umpire besieged on all sides)...

At the receiving end of most of the complaints is Mahmood Yakubu chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Another challenge points out INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu is the low voter turnout: he says it has averaged 30-35% over the last three elections one of the lowest in Africa...

INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu lacks the public confidence of his predecessor Attahiru Jega although he has made decisions behind the scenes that have annoyed the big parties (AC Vol 59 No 21 Now the race looks serious)...

Its ruling commissioners are seen as evenly divided between APC and PDP but the chair Professor Mahmood Yakubu is of uncertain leanings if any...

All this will put pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission's chairman Mahmood Yakubu...

So the Rivers elections were a chance for the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu to prove that his organisation could stop the rot...