 And ahead of the 2023 general elections, INEC has on Monday told heads of security agencies to degrade and neutralise all forms of security threats bedeviled in the country. And this is to avail Nigeria's opportunities to exercise their voting franchise and also enable it to deploy ad hoc staff to conduct the elections. The INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, but as the Fester Sokoi made the call, it was at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop for the Commission's staff of voter education and publicity. Also included were the heads of departments and publicity affairs officers from the Northern States on strategic communications and operationalisation of the communication policy. It was facilitated by the European Centre for Electoral Support.