Ahead of the forthcoming elections, the
National Council of State has expressed
satisfaction with the level of preparations
of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC.
The position of the council was made
public by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu while addressing State House
correspondents on the outcome of the
meeting, on Tuesday.
Akeredolu said the council expressed its
satisfaction after a presentation made by
the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood
Yakubu, during the meeting.
The Governor disclosed that the council
was convinced on the level of
preparedness of the electoral body.
According to Akeredolu: “He informed the
Council of the preparedness of INEC and
everybody in the hall was convinced that
INEC was ready for this election and a lot
of things have been put in place.
“I think we all concluded that it is
important for the chairman to even speak
to the nation on the preparedness of INEC
for this election – that would convince all
of us that this forthcoming election is
going to be free and fair.
“Look at it, they have improved card reader,
the details of what had been done to
improve it was made known.
“It was made known that the process of
continuous accreditation and voting system
(vote at the same time and you leave) was
the best.
“He also told the Council that they are not
lacking in terms of finance and that all the
monies appropriated have been given to
them and that they are ready for the
election.
“He went further to inform the Council that
all training and retraining of every category
of staff that they (INEC) will use, they have
already started and they are having
consultations with every group of people,
religious, artisans and trade unions to let
them know (about the election).
“So, everybody was convinced that INEC,
as at today, is ready for the elections and
questions were asked, he was interrogated
and he responded and gave adequate
explanation to the satisfaction of all of us.â€
The council had earlier approved N27, 000
as new minimum wage for workers.
Source:
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