INEC urges UNDP to resuscitate support to democratic empowerment
28 September 2019 |
8:25 am
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has beckoned on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to resuscitate the implementation of its Support to Democratic Empowerment (SDE) Phase 1, in Nigeria.
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