2023: INEC Guarantees Timely Arrival Of Officials And Materials On Election Day

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured electorate of the timely arrival of its officials and materials on the day of election.

According to the commission, this election would not be same as past ones where its officials and arrival of materials are often late to the polling units hours after the official commencement of voting.

Naija News reports that INEC Director for Voter Education Victor Aluko gave the assurance at a Media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) roundtable with the theme “Avoiding landmines, overcoming obstacles and conducting credible elections” organised by the International Press Centre (IPC) in Abuja.

Aluko submitted that this time the commission has perfected its logistics arrangement and more so the commission has employed credible personell as officials.

He stated that “I assure you that with the system we have put in place, the logistics arrangement and with the fact that we are employing credible persons as electoral officials, I don’t see anyone getting to the polling units late.

“What we do is we usually activate our racks and we move officials there a night before the election so that very early in the morning, they move to polling units within the registration areas.

“So, we don’t anticipate a situation where they will arrive late. It won’t happen I assure you.”

Speaking about the importance of visiting INEC online portal to know their polling units, Aluko told eligle voters that the commission has moved some voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling ones within the same location to ensure stress-free voting on Election Day.

He explained that “The Commission has launched ‘operation know your polling units’ via its websites for voters to know where they will vote.

“We have also mobilised all our Local Government Areas (LGAs) officials to mobilise people of influence like community and political leaders to sensitise voters.

“Also, the directive has gone out to all electoral officials that before the first election which is on February 25, the voter register will be pasted for eligible voters to confirm their names on the register.

“For polling units that may be a little far from where people were voting before, we have men on the ground from the community and political leaders to sensitise and assist eligible voters to know their units. If we put all this together I think we are ready to do it.

“I want to conclude that as a nation we should ensure that as a country we do not put any landmines and obstacles on the path of our people as they prepare to vote this year.”