As part of preparations for the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it will recruit and deploy 38,887 officials for the two el
ections.
He also released the schedule of activities for the elections, including dates for primaries and commencement of campaigns. “Ondo State, on the other hand, has a total of 3,009 Polling Units, 3933 Voting Points and 203 Registration Areas. Ondo has 18 local government areas and a total registered voting population of 1,822,346.
He added, “In the Edo and Ondo governorship elections and the outstanding senatorial and state Assembly bye-elections, the commission will use electronic and non-contact means in the recruitment of ad hoc staff and will deploy its INEC press portal for this purpose. Speaking on the procurement of election materials, he stated that different departments of the commission oversaw different aspects of the electoral process.
Also, on the amount to be spent on the elections, Okoye said the COVID-19 pandemic had altered all earlier budgetary provisions made in relation to the two governorship elections. He, however, noted that the commission’s Finance Department was on top of the situation. When asked whether the commission was worried about the rising tension ahead of the primaries of some major political parties, especially the All Progressives Congress in Edo and Ondo states, Okoye called on political parties in states where elections would be held not to engage in acts or actions that could create fear and anxiety in the minds of the electorate.
He alleged that the party’s National Chairman, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, was bent on destroying the President’s anti-corruption legacy. Shaibu added, “The party’s National Executive Council said every state executive should decide on its mode of primary and submit to the National Working Committee. We have done that and we stand by that resolution. Oshiomhole is an interested party and he can’t decide for us.
A statement signed by the Director of Communication and Media to Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation, Mr John Mayaki, said, “Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu was one of those who not only formed the APC but drafted the constitution of the APC.” “When Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and others were putting the party together, the governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, was not there and nowhere to be found; so how do you expect a man who should be a beneficiary of a house that he helped to build being stopped from gaining access into the house?
“So in Edo, the same method will be adopted. We will now write the NEC to say this is the mode of primary that we want.” Speaking at a press conference in Benin, the state capital, Imuse said there was no going back on using direct primary option as pronounced by the party’s NWC.
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