2027: Support INEC, present unbiased data – Osun REC

She stated the official register of voters can be printed on December 15, whereas the discover of ballot can be launched on December 29.

According to the REC, “campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections would end on January 14, while those for the State House of Assembly election would close on February 4.

“The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled for January 16, whereas the State House of Assembly election would maintain on February 6.”

She explained that the commission had conducted the display of the preliminary register of voters across registration areas in the state to enable residents to scrutinise their details and submit claims and objections.

Babalola said all complaints received would be addressed before the final register was published on December 15.

On Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, the REC disclosed that INEC had distributed 1,903,390 cards before the recent governorship election, representing 81.5 per cent of the cards available, while 457,260 remained uncollected.

She added that the commission distributed another 7,547 PVCs following the resumption of distribution on October 9, bringing the reported distribution figure to 81.74 per cent, with 18.26 per cent still outstanding.

Babalola also assured residents that the commission had sufficient Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines for the 3,763 polling units in Osun State.

She disclosed that INEC had 38 additional units and 1,328 backup machines, explaining that the technology would be used for voter authentication, accreditation and uploading polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing, IReV, portal.

On personnel preparation, she said recruitment of ad hoc staff had commenced through the INEC Press Portal, urging eligible applicants to register.

“The recruitment course of would prioritise competence, neutrality, integrity and professionalism. Training had already commenced for fee officers, together with coalition assist and consequence verification officers and Electoral Operations Support Centre personnel,” she stated.

The REC disclosed that INEC had organised workshops on logistics, election threat administration, monitoring and assist operations, in addition to the coaching and certification of electoral trainers.

She stated excellent coaching workout routines would cowl safety personnel, presiding officers, supervising presiding officers, coalition officers and different election officers to make sure efficient efficiency throughout the polls.

On election safety, Babalola stated INEC had performed a ground-truthing train throughout all 30 native authorities areas to establish and seize the coordinates of safety flashpoints.

She disclosed that the recognized areas had been shared with safety companies to allow preventive measures, including that the fee would additionally deploy its INEC Security and Notification System to observe threats and reply to incidents.

She revealed that Osun had 98 Super Registration Area Centres and 97 Registration Area Centres designated for tenting electoral personnel forward of deployment.

On election supplies, Babalola stated reusable non-sensitive supplies recovered after the governorship election had been cleaned and returned to native authorities workplaces, whereas delicate supplies, together with poll papers and consequence sheets, would arrive shortly earlier than the final elections.

Addressing voter schooling and media participation, the REC stated INEC had intensified sensitisation programmes concentrating on girls, individuals with disabilities, youths and different teams by means of radio, tv, jingles and stakeholder engagements.

She disclosed that the media accreditation portal was activated on October 30 and would stay open till December 1, urging media organisations to finish their registration earlier than the deadline.