With barelyfv 53 days to the Edo State Governorship Election scheduled for Saturday 21st September 2024, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured leaders of political parties of its readiness for a free, fair and credible process.
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| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its readiness for the Edo State Gubernatorial Election which is scheduled to take place in “53 days”. Photo: inecnews.com |
But the Commission is worried about the recent campaign incident that resulted in the death of a security personnel in Benin City, Edo State, just as it called on party leaders to demonstrate compliance with the INEC Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022, especially the aspect dealing with rallies, processions and campaigns.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, told party leaders at a meeting held in Abuja earlier today, Monday 29th July 2024, that the Commission has recovered from the flooding that caused substantial damage at its State headquarters in Benin City two months ago. He said the damage to physical infrastructure has been fixed, vehicles repaired, while other moveable and immovable facilities have either been serviced, refurbished or gradually being replaced.
He said: “We have delivered additional Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to Edo State for the training of election duty personnel as well as contingency for Election Day support. We have since published the final list of candidates but we are once again sharing the list with party leaders at this meeting in view of the recent Court Order mandating the Commission to replace the running mate of the candidate of the Labour Party. The amended list is already published on our website.”
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