Candidates in Osun govt will sign peace accord next week
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof.
Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday supervised a mock accreditation exercise conducted in
some selected polling units across Osun State ahead of the July 16 governorship
poll.
This is just as he disclosed that candidates in the election
will sign a peace accord next week under the supervision of the National Peace
Committee.
The INEC boss monitored exercise at registration
area/ward–Ataoja ‘D’ (040), polling unit – CAC Grammar School, Araromi,
Osogbo and registration area/ward-Ataoja ‘E’ (05), polling
unit-Salvation Army Primary School (005), both within Osogbo metropolis.
Speaking with newsmen shortly after observing the exercise at
one of the polling units, the INEC boss said the exercise was to assess the
readiness of the commission for the poll.
He said, “We are here on readiness assessment
of the commission to conduct the election on July 16, 2022 and also to visit
the some designated centres while we are preparing a mock accreditation exercise.
“In this particular centre, we achieve 100%
success for all those who presented themselves for accreditation so far.
“Next week, I will be back in the state again
to meet with stakeholders, and then there will be the signing of a peace accord
under the auspices of the National Peace Committee. So, that is our mission.”
Earlier,
while inspecting non-sensitive materials at the premises of Osogbo Local
Government INEC office, Yakubu, who was accompanied by the commission’s
Resident Electoral Commissioner for Osun, Prof. Abdulganiyy Raji, said the July
16 election should be better than recent Ekiti poll and called for early
movement of materials to various units.
Giving further instructions to the electoral
officer for the local government, Yakubu said, “We are identifying the
registration area centres so that on the Election Day, you can activate the
centres as early as 6am. We should be waiting for the electorate, not
otherwise.
“Remember, Ekiti was good, but we want Osun to
beat our record in Ekiti and the 2023 general election. We rely on you for
transportation arrangement, early movement of materials, liaise with the
security and move them in good time.
“We must do this right. At the RAC centres,
ensure adequate electricity so that they can recharge some of the equipment
like the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System and power banks. So, on election
day we can have a seamless exercise.”
Meanwhile, the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi
Ganduje; and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwoolu, on Monday, urged Osun
voters to re-elect the state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola.
The two governors addressed the Odo Otin Local
Government’s All Progressives Congress governorship rally in Okuku.
Sanwo-Olu, who is also the chairman of the APC
Campaign Council for the election, stated that the ruling party intends to
record a landslide victory in the election, which serves as a prelude to the
2023 general elections.
“We are not here just to win but to win big as
a precursor to a bigger election that is coming up in 2023. Oyetola has
impressed us as a party; more of our colleagues are still coming in
solidarity,” he said.
Also speaking at the rally, which was attended
by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, Ganduje, who is
the co-chairman, APC Campaign Council for the election, predicted an
overwhelming victory for the party in the election and appealed to the
electorate to vote for Oyetola.
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