“Policy on Conducting Elections in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.”
The Guardian reports that election was not part of essential services announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 during the lockdown.
The pilot phase however, would not include the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States slated for September 19, and October 10, 2020. Regarding the forthcoming governorship polls Edo and Ondo, including the outstanding by-elections, the policy mandated the compulsory use of face mask at polling Units and all election locations, saying that voter without a face mask would be turned away from the polling unit.
He announced the suspension of Continuous Registration of Voters , saying that would prevent the health risks associated with it in the context of COVID-19. consideration of the Supreme Court position that votes belong primarily to political parties, as well as the Commission’s records, “The Commission will engage immediately with NYSC and INEC State Offices to evolve modalities for corps members to serve as ad hoc“In the establishment of Voting Points, in order to reduce the number of points in a Polling Unit to be monitored and controlled
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