Politics
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said there will be no room for failure in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State.
Saying that it was prepared to confront all the challenges in order to ensure a hitch-free exercise, the commission said every polling unit would open for the election by 7 am.
The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Ekiti, Osun and Oyo states, Mr. Solomon Soyebi, and his counterpart in charge of Election Operations and Logistics, Mrs. Amina Zakari, stated this in Ado Ekiti.
They spoke at a pre-election preparation workshop organised for Electoral Officers, Assistant Electoral Officers and Head of Departments on Monday.
Soyebi said the workshop was to tidy up things as every polling unit must be opened by 7 am.
“There will be no room for excuses. Any local government where this does not happen, the EO will be responsible.
“You must share responsibilities with your assistants to avoid the one-man show. You must also watch your utterances so as to safeguard the integrity of the exercise,” she said.
Zakari said the workshop would review work done so far and expose officials to new ideas, processes and approach to a successful election conduct.
“The workshop is to ensure proper preparations for the election. This is the practice over the years; it is to ensure there is no gap between policies and implementation.
“It is to aid direct interaction with departments that initiate policies and to collect ideas that will help in reshaping policies and procedure.
“I have no doubt that this will be well organised and it will be adjudged as the most successful election ever conducted,” she said.
Earlier, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, said the workshop was to ensure information flow between policy formulators and the implementors towards a successful conduct of the election. – Punch
– Jul. 3, 2018 @ 9:05 GMT |
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