xxxiv Address by Professor'Lai Olurode, the Chairman Board of the Electoral Institute(TEI) and National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The partnership between our two organizations,(INEC) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) continues to wax stronger. Since 2010 when we co-organized a workshop on Security Challenges of Election Management in Nigeria, we have remained unrelenting in our collective commitment and pursuit of how to enhance election security in Nigeria. The success that had been achieved so far can be gleaned from the degree to which inter-agency rivalry had been reduced. Instances where security agents turn against themselves during elections rather than pre-empting election security challenges are now an exemption rather than the rules. Our cooperation has promoted institutional building. We have been able to establish what is called Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security(ICCES) a platform comprising representative of elections managers and security agencies. The body meets regularly to review strategies for election security. It operates at INEC headquarters, state and local government levels. Even with the hosting of the second workshop on a related subject, we do not delude ourselves that outstanding challenges stare us in xxxv