2023: INEC Signs MoU With Transport Unions, Aims for 100,000 Vehicles

The National Road Transport Union of Nigeria (NURTW), the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), and the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have all signed an agreement with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for efficient logistics deployment during the 2023 general elections.

In a speech on Tuesday in Abuja, the head of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said that INEC will need at least 100,000 cars, more than 4,000 boats, and gunboats to move people and supplies during the next general elections.

The deal was signed within a month after the commission met in Lagos with the heads of the transport unions and the security officials.

The chairman of INEC, the heads of several transport unions, and people from civil society organizations all went to the conference in Abuja.

Yakubu ordered the carriers to maintain objectivity.

The unions and the electoral umpire then signed the agreement on paper to provide transportation logistics for the general elections in 2023.