‘We need new approach’, INEC tells security agencies
10 January 2019 |
5:37 am
As part of the effort to improve the work done by security agencies during elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) since 2015, the Commission has called for a different security approach ahead of the 2019 general elections.
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