By: Mercy Peter
The Independent National Electoral Commission Friday announced the commencement of training for adhoc staff that would be conducting the Edo State governorship election.
The Commission has also scheduled stakeholders meeting for 11th September 2024 in Benin City. Mock accreditation will come up a day earlier.
The National Commissioner and Chair, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the commission has left no stone unturned in its efforts to guarantee that the election will be conducted with the highest standards of integrity.
Olumekun
spoke at a briefing organised for the media ahead of the Edo Governorship poll slated for September 21 2024.
The National Commissioner who was represented by the Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Mary Nkem, said: “The Commission has left no stone unturned in its efforts to guarantee that this election will be conducted with the highest standards of integrity. As you are aware, we have intensified our engagement with stakeholders at State and Local Government levels, while voter education is still ongoing at all levels.
“The Training of Security Personnel has been concluded, while the Training of Ad-hoc staff, i.e. Supervisory Presiding Officers, Presiding Officers, and Assistant Presiding Officers starts today 6th to the 15th of this month in Edo state.
“The Commission is concluding arrangements with the land and maritime transport unions for logistics. The printing of triplicate copies of voters’ register for each of the 4,519 Polling Units in Edo State is virtually completed. The installation and configuration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to be deployed on Election Day is completed. Observer and accreditation tags are being produced as well.
“On Tuesday 10th September 2024, the Chairman of the Commission will lead other management team to monitor the Mock Accreditation of voters in selected Polling Units in Edo state to test-run the deployment of BVAS for the election as well as the upload of scanned polling units results to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal.
“The next day, on Wednesday 11th September 2024 in Benin City, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu will chair the INEC Stakeholders meeting involving the Police I.G and all relevant stakeholders in Edo state, and on Thursday 12th September 2024, the signing of the Peace Accord by candidates will take place under the supervision of the National Peace Committee chaired by General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retired), so it’s a very busy period for the Commission.”
