Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Senior Secondary 1

Term: 3^rd Term

Week: 13

Class: Senior Secondary School 1

Age: 15 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Electoral commission

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Define electoral commission
2. State the functions of the electoral commission
3. Discuss the roles of electoral officers

 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

NOTE

ELECTORAL COMMISSION

Electoral commission is a body responsible for organizing and conducting elections in a political system.

It can also be seen as an independent and impartial body responsible for conducting and organizing all elections in a given country.

It has the chairman as the head and other members of the commission. In Nigeria for example, FEDECO was the commission responsible for the 1979/83 second republic elections, NEC was responsible for the conduct of the third republics election which was aborted while INEC conducted the 1998/1999 general elections for the fourth republic and till date.

FUNCTIONS OF AN ELECTORAL COMMISSION

1. It registers political parties according to laid down rules and regulations.
2. It has the sole power to organize free and fair election in a country.
3. Eligible voters are registered by the commission.
4. The body makes provision for necessary materials needed for elections.
5. It does the appointment and training of electoral officers.
6. The commission gives financial grants to political parties.
7. They enlighten the electorates about issues involved in elections.
8. The commission provides adequate security at the polling stations.

Roles of Various Electoral Officers

1. Conduct elections
2. Registration of Voters
3. Constituency delimitation (division of constituencies)
4. Supervision of erection of polling booths
5. Appointment of presiding and returning officers
6. Registration of political parties
7. Compilation of voters register
8. Screening and registration of political aspirants, (candidate) who will contest the general election from each of the political parties
9. Provision of Security on the day of the election
10. Disqualification of certain people from contesting and voting
11. Announcement of the election result immediately after the election (declaration of winners)
12. Verification of Claims made by political parties for purposes of registration and issuing clearance certificates to certain category of political aspirants or contestants.

EVALUATION:    1. Define electoral commission

2. Outline four functions of the electoral commission
3. Discuss five roles of the electoral officers

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively