Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it is prepared to hold a successful governorship election in Ekiti State.
Festus Okoye, Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, said the commission would use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the June 18 election.
This was during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, June 14.
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Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, is already in the south-western state, according to Okoye, who also confirmed that stakeholders will sign the peace pact on Wednesday.
Okoye said;
Expect a good (governorship) election in Ekiti State. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission was in Ekiti two weeks ago on readiness assessment.
We visited five local government areas and all the non-sensitive materials have already been diced in accordance with registration areas. Presently the chairman is in Ekiti State and there is going to be a stakeholders’ engagement today and tomorrow, there will be a signing of the peace accord.
The INEC commissioner said the electoral body conducted a mock accreditation in 12 polling units across the state’s three senatorial districts two weeks ago to avert snags in the election.
He stated;
We are confident that the BVAS will perform optimally. So we expect a very good election in Ekiti on June 18, 2022.
Okoye also discussed the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) programme and the electoral body’s intentions for the general elections in 2023.
He claimed that INEC would ensure that every Nigerian was registered to vote in the 2019 elections, and that eligible voters who had not yet received their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) may do so before the elections.
The INEC spokesman said;
We want to assure Nigerians that every Nigerian who is desirous of registering will have an opportunity of doing that.
INEC chairman has promised that the commission will do whatever it takes and will keep every option open to make sure that all Nigerians can register.
