INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Addresses Previous Election Anomalies In IMO, KOGI And Bayelsa State

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Addresses Previous Election Anomalies In IMO, KOGI And Bayelsa State

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu stated that the November 11 gubernatorial election in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa States will address previous election anomalies.

Yakubu stated this in a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja.

He said: “In the next three weeks, off-cycle governorship elections will be held in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States.

The three elections will involve 5,409,438 registered voters who will vote in 10,510 polling units spread across 649 electoral Wards in 56 Local Government Areas.

So far, all non-sensitive materials for the election have been delivered to the three States. Other preparatory activities, including training, are on course. Valuable lessons have been learnt from the 2023 general election for improved performance in the forthcoming elections.

And uploading the result to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Both tests were successful. We look forward to improved performance of the BVAS in voter accreditation and result upload in the forthcoming elections.

“We have so far accredited 126 national and international organisations collectively deploying 11,000 observers for the election.

“Although the portal for media accreditation closes on Tuesday 24th October 2023, we have received applications from 80 media organisations seeking to deploy 1,203 personnel made up of journalists and technical/support staff to report on the elections.

The INEC Boss added that the Commission has been reassured of adequate deployment by the security agencies.

“On our part, we will continue to deepen our engagement with the security agencies, and more meetings are planned in the next few days.

“Similarly, the Commission will hold a series of meetings with stakeholders at the national level in addition to ongoing engagements at the state level” he concluded.