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Nigerian EC begins study visit of India's electoral system

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) A nine-member delegation of election commission of Nigeria today began their study visit, during which they will be given a ground-level experience of India's electoral system and processes. The Nigerian delegation headed by its National Commissioner Lai Olurode visited India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIDEM), a body of the Election Commission of India. The delegation, comprising three other National Commissioners - Ambassador Ahmed Wali, Abdulkadir S Oniyangi, Nuru Yakubu, besides the Resident Electoral Commissioner Kassim Gana Gaidam and four senior officials, was welcomed by Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi. He pointed out that as both Nigeria and India had large populations as also regional, religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversities, both Election Commissions can learn from each other. Election Commissioner H S Brahma also hoped the interaction would be mutually beneficial.

Leader of Nigerian delegation Lai Olurode, complimented the Election Commission of India for promoting democratic processes through innovative methods. He said that considering India's strong institutions and the resilience of its democratic processes, the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria had chosen India for its study visit.


He also said the successes gained by their Commission at the recent national elections in Nigeria needed to be consolidated and institutionalised, for which, he felt they had a lot to learn from the Indian experience. As part of its programme for Nigerian Commissioners, IIDEM has arranged for a number of presentations and discussions, including key ideas about Indian Electoral Model, Election related legal framework, Electoral Management systems, Implementation challenges, Voter Education and Electoral Training. Three field visits have also been organised to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, to give the visiting delegation a ground-level experience of the working of electoral system and processes, particularly in relation to preparatory work for elections, summary revision of electoral rolls and voters facilitation. IIDEM, a recently-launched initiative of the Election Commission, is an advanced resource centre of learning, research, training and extension for participatory democracy and election management. During its less-than-three months' existence, the Institute has already hosted 12 national-level training programmes, and one international training programme for senior election officials from Kenya. IIDEM is presently considering training requests from a number of countries including Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.

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