Agency Report
By Moses Kolo
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kaduana Dr. Mahuda Isah today stated that INEC Kaduna office is ready to commence distribution of PVCs on the 12th of December, 2022 confirming that, over 8000 BVAS machines have been received.
Speaking during his first interactive session with stakeholders in Kaduna, Dr. Isah revealed that all eligible and valid registrants can collect their PVCs from 9:00am to 3:00pm daily, including Saturdays and Sundays.
Isah said the aim of the commission was also to prevent abuse of the cards by unscrupulous persons emphasizing that the collection of the PVC was only by lawful owners as INEC forbidden collation by proxy.
On enlightenment, the INEC commissioner maintained that "we have been in the media for quite a while undertaking Jingles in local languages, interviews/programs by senior staff of the state office of the commission, a cine rover vehicle is also been deployed traversing all the nooks and crannies of the state for enlightening the public on the activities of the commission.
On Election Materials, he said, both sensitive and non-sensitive materials, so far,we have received over 8000 BVAS Machines, Voting Cubicles and Ballot Boxes according to the number of Polling Units (PUs) .
The Commissioner announced that "a total number of Registered Voters approximately as at 2022 is as follows
Total No. of Registration Areas (RAs/Wards)
4,411,723-RAs
255-wards
Total No. of Polling Units 8,012
On security, the representative of the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mamam Giwa said the areas that were ravage by insecurity have been taken care of.
No PVC was destroyed during attack on INEC facilities in Osun – REC
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the recent attack on its facilities in Osun did not affect any of its sensitive materials, especially permanent voter cards (PVCs).
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Mutiu Agboke, at the commission’s maiden stakeholders meeting on Thursday in Osogbo.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that some suspected arsonists had, on Nov. 10, set the commission’s office in Ede-South Local Government Area of the state on fire.
The prompt intervention of men of the fire service department in the state had prevented the incident from spreading from the conference hall, where it started to other buildings.
Agboke explained that although some parts of the INEC office were destroyed by the inferno in the Ede-South council area, no sensitive material, particularly the PVCs, was affected.
“A week after I resumed in Osogbo office, our facility in Ede-South local government was attacked with fire.
“With the swift intervention of security agents and the locals, the fire was put out; it only affected the conference room,” he said.
The REC expressed appreciation to the police and other security agencies in the state for their swift response during the incident.
“We shall expect more synergy in this regard, for better outing in the 2023 general elections,” he said.
Speaking on BVAS machines, Agboke said that no electorate would be allowed to cast his/her vote without being accredited through the machine.
He said that INEC had decided to make PVC collection seamless and easy for the electorate.
“I want to say that from Dec. 12 to Jan. 5, 2023, PVCs will be collected at INEC office in all the local government areas, while from Jan. 6 to Jan. 15, it will devolve to registration areas (wards).
”Also, from Jan. 16 to Jan. 22, 2023, it will return to the local government areas,” he said.
Agboke called for synergy among stakeholders, especially on election management strategy, to get the desired results in 2023.
“I want to call on all the stakeholders in electioneering activities in Osun to support the commission to deliver credible elections in 2023.
“I am here to carry out my duties in the state without fear or favour. No one should look for any INEC staffer for any support or help.
“All the stakeholders must guard their corners very well because the success of the coming elections is our responsibility,” the REC said.
Also speaking, the Police Commissioner in Osun, Mr Sunday Faleye, said that electoral security management was not new to the police.
Sunday stated that the police had already begun its pre-election security management strategy in order to ensure the success of the 2023 general elections.
He assured that the police and other security agencies would synergise to ensure peaceful conduct of the elections.
Earlier, Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in the state, Mr Wale Adebayo, commended INEC for organising the stakeholders’ meeting to enlighten the participants on what was expected during the elections.
Adebayo called for synergy among stakeholders as the only panacea for free, fair and credible elections in the country.
NAN reports that the event was attended by heads of security agencies in the state, representatives of political parties, media organisations, civil society organisations, and other key stakeholders.
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According to him, "alot of effort been put in place, the manpower to support operations in Kaduna is considered, assuring that the Inspector General of Police is supporting Kaduna to archive that"
He said last week all political candidates and stakeholders wet and showed good relationship between political parties and the police.
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