The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
that the Kogi State November 11 governorship result will be transmitted
electronically directly from polling units to its server.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kogi, Prof.
Gabriel Longpet, disclosed this at a two-day media roundtable Engagement on the
Kogi election Organized by the Independent Press Center, IPC in Abuja.
Prof. Longpet said the electronic transmission of the
results will help to eliminate rigging, electoral fraud and other
irregularities and to ensure the enthronement of credibility and transparency
in the electoral process.
Longpet also assured that the issues of insecurity that
characterised the 2019 governorship election have been critically analysed and
dealt with, urging Koginelectorates to come out and vote as the election will
be volatile free.
“Of course, we will be transmitting the Kogi election
electronically. A lot of infractions do happen between the polling units and
the collation centre; the transmission of the results through electronic
methods will definitely prevent such issues of infractions from occurring.
“By the electoral acts, any results figures on form EC8A
that appeared mutilated cannot be allowed. If results are transmitted
electronically to the IREV, there will be no need for results to be hijacked in
the first place, mutilated or changed.”
The state REC reiterated that the 2023 Kogi guber poll ‘will
be by the poll and not by the gun”, assuring that the commission will do
everything to ensure that votes count and that those who will emerge will
emerge through popular votes.
“We have only one message and the message is that you come
out to exercise your franchise,” he said.
The Independent Press Center, Executive Director, Mr Lanre
Arogundade said the two days media round table was part of conscious efforts by
the centre to train media personnel, as well as build strategic partnerships
and alliances amongst election actors that would be harnessed to produce a
better democratic setting in Kogi.
Arogundade urged the journalists to give voices to a wide
range of interests in the forthcoming November Governorship Election in the
State.
The programme is being implemented by the International
Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, lead implementing partner of Component 4 (Support to
media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria EUSDGN
(11) Project, holding at Treasures Suites & Conferences, Abuja
The training is organized by the EU-SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA (EU-SDGN 11) COMPONENT 4: SUPPORT TO MEDIA.
Arogundade said the Media training is to critically examine
the Media to be able to interface rightly in reporting fair and balanced
reportage of activities for the public to make informed judgments.
While pointing out that the training for the media is aimed
at ensuring a credible and peaceful conduct of the Kogi State Governorship
Election, urged the media to make their agenda-setting role, take a lead role
in mobilizing the electorate towards participating actively in the forthcoming
November Governorship Election with the seriousness it deserves.
The Executive Director charged the media to be accountable
to public scrutiny and bring professionalism and objectivity to bear in the
discharge of their duties, pointing out that the public needs to be informed on
registration and voting processes.
He urged the media to hold INEC accountable to deliver on
credible Kogi election and to be balanced in their coverage and reportage.
As part of their responsibilities, the Executive Director
also called on the media to document all necessary information about the Kogi
Governorship Election for post-election purposes, said it is the duty of the
media to inform the electorate on all activities relating to candidates,
political parties and processes in the Kogi State governorship election.
While charging the media to report the political activities
regarding the Kogi State Governorship Election with universally accepted
guidelines, towards making the electorate have informed judgement, urged for
the reportage of political activities to be on a daily basis ahead of the State
Governorship Election.
About 25 Kogi Journalists, drawn from the Print, Electronics
and the Online media from the State are taking part in the training, which has
a rich array of resources persons to train the Journalists.
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