The Independent National
Electoral Commission on Friday vowed to upload polling unit results on its INEC
Result Viewing portal.
The commission also noted that it
has made arrangements for land and maritime transportation to ensure that
electoral materials are made available to ensure that voting commences on time.
The Resident Electoral
Commissioner for Kogi state, Dr. Hale Longpet, made this known during a press
briefing in Lokoja.
He said, “As we approach Election Day, I wish to call on our officials (both regular and ad-hoc) to demonstrate the highest level of patriotism and professionalism. As said repeatedly, not least during my recent readiness assessment visits to the three States, INEC is not a political party, and we have no candidate in the election. Our responsibility is to safeguard the process and ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates.
“The choice of who becomes the Governor of
Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States is entirely in the hands of voters. We have
delivered all sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the elections. The
Bimodal Voter Accreditation System has been configured for deployment to
Polling Units as the only means of voter verification and fingerprint/facial
biometric authentication of voters. Polling Unit results will be uploaded to
the INEC Result Viewing portal.
“All election duty officials have
been trained. Arrangements have been made for land and maritime transportation
to enable us to commence voting on schedule. In spite of the extremely
difficult terrain and physical infrastructure in some locations, we are
determined to ensure that our officials are there waiting for voters rather
than the voters waiting for our arrival.”
The two million registered voters are expected to
vote in the Saturday off-cycle governorship election in Kogi. The election will
be held in 3,508 polling units spread across the 21 Local Government Areas of
the state.
The LGAs included Adavi,
Ajaokuta, Ankpa, Bassa, Dekina, Ibaji, Idah, Igalamela/Odolu, Ijumu,
Kabba-Bunu, Kogi, Lokoja, Mopamuro, Ofu, Ogori-Magongo, Okene, Okehi,
Olamaboro, Omala, Yagba-East, and Yagba-West.
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