The governorship elections for the state will hold on September 19
, Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday that the commission is fully prepared and ready for the conduct of the September 19, Edo governorship election.
Mr Yakubu said, “the whole purpose of this visit is to see firsthand the level of preparation. Yes, we received reports at the headquarters but we feel that it is important to come to Benin and see for ourselves what is on the ground.“On Feb. 6, 2020, the commission released a timetable and schedule of activities for Edo and Ondo governorship elections. We gave seven and eight months notices for the Edo and Ondo elections respectively.
“The last one was the presentation of the voters’ register to the 14 political parties fielding candidates for the election,’’ he said.
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