Ondo Polls: INEC Chairman calls for peaceful election

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has called for a peaceful and credible Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024.

Speaking astatine a stakeholders’ gathering successful Akure connected Thursday, Professor Yakubu emphasized INEC’s readiness for the election, highlighting the commission’s efforts to guarantee transparency and credibility.

On preparations for the election, Yakubu said INEC has implemented assorted electoral activities, including elector registration and postulation of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs.

He said the committee has uploaded elaborate accusation connected collected and uncollected PVCs for each of the 3,933 polling units successful Ondo State.

According to him, a full of 2,053,061 registered voters are expected to enactment successful the election.

On information measures, the INEC brag stressed the value of information during the election, ensuring idiosyncratic information and extortion of observers, the media, and citizens.

He said the committee has worked intimately with information agencies to make a broad predetermination information plan.

On his part, the INEC’s National Commissioner, Professor Kunle Ajayi, urged governmental parties to behaviour themselves with decorum and responsibility.

He emphasized that elections are not a zero-sum crippled and that ideology flourishes successful an ambiance wherever candidates vie based connected ideas, vision, and respect for the electorate.

INEC said it volition deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS and the INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV, to heighten credibility and transparency.

The committee has accredited 111 home and planetary organizations, deploying 3,554 observers, and implicit 100 media organizations.

The Inspector-General of Police, represented by AIG Abiodun Oladimeji Asabi, connected his part, emphasized the important relation of information successful the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, scheduled for November 16, 2024.

He stressed that the occurrence of the predetermination depends connected peace, order, and information and that immoderate breach of bid oregon information tin compromise the exercise.

To guarantee capable security, the Nigeria Police volition deploy 22,239 officers, successful summation to unit from sister agencies. The constabulary volition enactment intimately with different information agencies to place and code imaginable information threats, supply information astatine polling stations, and support voters, electoral officials, and materials.

The AIG urged each stakeholders, including governmental parties, candidates and agents, to behaviour themselves peacefully and lawfully, adhering to planetary champion practices of democracy. He cautioned against violence, thuggery, and electoral instrumentality violations, informing that violators volition look diligent prosecution.