the Independent National Electoral Commission would be having a marathon meeting on Tuesday to take what it described “major decisions” about the pending elections,The elections include the governors
hip elections in Edo and Ondo states scheduled for September 19 and October 10 2020 as well as the forthcoming bye elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Plateau states.
INEC National Commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in an interview with The PUNCH in Abuja. “INEC is meeting tomorrow to take a major decision on the next step for the governorship elections in both Edo and Ondo States and other by-elections. We are meeting and we are going to take major decisions”, he said.reported that the commission had, while announcing the reopening of its offices in Edo and Ondo states, also placed a temporary ban on congregational prayers in its Mosque and Chapel while the use of canteen and other places of gathering were also prohibited for the time being.
Also, staff that travelled out of the FCT were told to remain “until inter-state travel ban is lifted.”
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