The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has maintained that there is no longer an election season in Nigeria.
He stated this with just 29 days, exactly four weeks to the Ondo State Governorship election, which is slated for Saturday, November 16, 2024.
The INEC Chairman spoke at the Fourth Regular Conservative meeting with political parties held at the INEC Conference Room in Abuja on Thursday.
He said, “I have repeatedly said that there is no election season in Nigeria any longer.”
Giving an update on the preparation for elections so far, the INEC boss said only two days ago, the Commission presented the register of voters to political parties in the state office in Akure.
He said with this development, the Commission has successfully accomplished 10 out of the 13 activities listed in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.
“The remaining activities are the publication of the Notice of Poll, the Last Day of Campaign and Election Day. Although we have already published the Timetable, we are once again including copies in your folders for this meeting for guidance,” he said.
“We have included in your folders for this meeting a summary of the list of polling and collation agents for the Ondo State election.
“The Commission is glad to note that all political parties fielding candidates for the election are in full compliance with the requirements for the upload.
“We are working in earnest to ensure that we deliver the identification tags for each of the 24,148 agents uploaded to our portal.”
He said the Commission is glad to report that the collection of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs from the last Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, commenced Thursday in Ondo State.
“For the next five days (17th – 21st October 2024), the cards will be available for collection at each of the 203 wards across the State,” he added.
“Thereafter, the cards will be available for collection in our 18 Local Government Area offices in the State for one week (23rd – 29th October 2024). As earlier announced, the centres will be open to citizens from 9am – 5pm daily.
“A document containing the names and location addresses of the 221 collection centres has already been uploaded to our website for public information.
“Hard copies are also included in your folders for this meeting. As usual, we appeal to political parties to support the Commission in mobilising registered voters to collect their PVCs.
“To make the process easier, we have also uploaded the register containing the names and photographs of new voters (fresh registrants, transfers and applications for replacement of lost or damaged PVCs) to our website to facilitate a seamless collection of the cards.”
No election season in Nigeria anymore – INEC updates on Ondo polls
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