The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has delivered sensitive materials to all eighteen local government areas of Ondo State ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State, Oluwatoyin Babalola who monitored the exercise, held at Akure branch of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ondo state assured the residents, political parties and all stakeholders of the commission’s readiness to conduct transparent, free and fair election.
Babalola noted that the early distribution of the sensitive materials was to show that the commission was ready for the election, promising that the commission would be transparent in the conduct of the election.
“You can see that distribution exercise is going on very smoothly. The farthest local governments have started moving to their local governments. All the other local governments, they have received their materials, they are checking and they are loading the vehicles.
“The difficult terrain on water, they are in Ilaje and Ese-Odo and we have identified those areas and we are going to have boats that will transport men and materials. We also have the support of the Navy. They are giving us gunboats to secure the movement.
“For the land where we have difficult terrain, we will move out to the place where vehicle can reach and we will continue the rest with suitable means of transportation” she said.
While appealing to the political parties to eschew violence on the election day, the REC said that the sensitive materials were being distributed to ensure that no ward or polling unit was committed or does not get materials for the election.
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Ade Adetimehin and the State Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Adesanya Olaoluwa, commended the INEC for their transparency in the exercise saying all the parties was ready to cooperate with the commission.
The representatives of the political parties participating in the election and security agencies including the Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Immigration, Customs and Department of State Services(DSS) were at the venue of the exercise.
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