Edo, Ondo Elections: INEC Issues Fresh Guidelines
*Collation centres, registration area centres would be collapsed to safeguard voters*Says no law yet for electronic transmission of election resultIn continuation of its preparations for the Edo and Ondo States governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission Wednesday met with media organisations, where it released fresh guidelines for voters safety during elections.
The commission, therefore released the procedure for accreditation for media organisations covering the governorship elections include the following: “Accredited journalists must observe all the health protocols issued by the Commission, the health authorities and the various state governments. He said that for INEC to provide face masks for over 6.4 million at N100 each would cost the commission over N640 million.
He also said that there may be a reduction of voting points, but said that this may be due to reports in the course of the preparations for the elections. According to INEC, “Any voter showing symptoms of COVID-19 such as high temperature, coughing, sneezing, etc. will be requested to leave the queue or voting area and shall be attended to by designated officials.
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