INEC is ready for Edo elections

Mahmood Yakubu, the National chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that the commission is prepared fully to conduct the Edo governorship election which is slated for September 19.

The National chairman disclosed this in a meeting with the Inter Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), in Benin.

He said that the commission had successfully carried out 10 of the 14 activities on schedule for the election. He said,

“The whole purpose of this visit is to see firsthand the level of preparation. Yes, we received reports at the headquarters but we feel that it is important to come to Benin and see for ourselves what is on the ground.

On Feb. 6, 2020, the commission released a timetable and schedule of activities for Edo and Ondo governorship elections.

We gave seven and eight months notices for the Edo and Ondo elections respectively.

And we itemised 14 activities in the timetable and schedule of activities to be carried out on specific dates beginning with the publication of the notice of election and ending with election day proper.

I am happy to say that so far we have carried out 10 out of the 14 activities on schedule. Not one activity was rescheduled for a minute.

The last one was the presentation of the voters’ register to the 14 political parties fielding candidates for the election’’.