'INEC has nothing to hide, many positives came out from 2023 general elections' - Chairman

<h2>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 said contrary to what some people may think, it has nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 General Elections.</h2>, <p>INEC Chairman, noted that there were many positive things that came out of the 2023 elections despite the many challenges.</p>, <span>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)</span>, <p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Elections with Media Stakeholders in Lagos.</p>, <p>Yakubu said that there were many positive things that came out of the 2023 elections despite the many challenges. The chairman admitted that despite the challenges during the last elections, there would be continuous improvement by the commission in conduct of elections nationwide.</p>, <p>“This is an opportunity for the media executives in their various organisations to tell us what you have seen and how we can continue to improve on the electoral process in the future.</p>, <p>‘”The commission has anything to hide and it is this type of interactions that we continuously improve on the process for future elections.</p>, <p>“Clearly, there are many positives coming from the general elections and at the same time we admit that there are many challenges in the last election.</p>, <p>“There are several elections litigations at the various elections tribunals nationwide while we should be careful not to touch on issues that are clearly subjudice.”</p>, <p>Yakubu said INEC invited media executives that operated at the states, local governments and community levels that had covered the elections and interacted with Nigerians in their local languages.</p>, <p>He said the commission, in addition to what it did in Abuja previous week, would also listen to the executives on what came out of reporters about the elections at local and community levels.</p>, <p>According to him, it is through this interactions and discussion with