Ahead of next Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday disclosed that it has received sensitive materials for the election, which will be distributed today (Thursday).
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, disclosed this during the inspection of the sensitive materials by major stakeholders in the state at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), where the materials were housed.
Babalola said the inspection became necessary in a bid to show the transparency of the commission, saying that showing the stakeholders the sensitive materials was to assure them that the commission is committed to delivering a free, fair, and credible election.
She said, “We have our schedule for distribution of materials. We received the materials on Monday, we scheduled Wednesday for the inspection of the materials, and the distribution is going to be on Thursday.
“The reason we invited critical stakeholders such as security officers, political parties, observers, and the media, among others, to this inspection is to show transparency of all the sensitive materials as they were received. “You could see that they are well wrapped, and nobody had tampered with them.”
“When we come tomorrow (Thursday) for distribution, we will open them Local Government by Local Government and give them to the Electoral Officers. We will start with the most far-flung LG so that they can get there on time. When they get to the LG, they will start distributing to registration areas and polling units.”
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