We’ll Not Disappoint Nigerians On Ekiti Guber Poll, —- INEC Assures

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The Independent National Electoral Commissioner, (INEC) has assured, on Monday ,that it will not disappoint Nigerians as regards their expectation on it performance during the July 14 Ekiti gubernatorial election.

According to NAN, The commission through it top officials stated in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital that their would be no room for for failure in the poll.

Mr. Solomon Soyebi, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Ekiti, Osun and Oyo states, and the official in charge of Election Operations and Logistics, Mrs. Amina Zakari gave the declaration at a Pre-Election Preparation workshop organised for Electoral Officers, Assistant Electoral Officers and Head of Departments.

The workshop according to Mr. Soyebi was to tighten up loose ends to ensure that polling Units is set up by 7 am on election day.

“There will be no room for excuses. Any Local Government where this happen, the Electoral Officet, (EO) will be responsible

“You must share responsibilities with your assistants to avoid one-man show. You must also watch your utterances so as to safeguard the integrity of the exercise,” he said.

While refuting the allegation by the governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose that she had be compromised by the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to rig the election in favour of the APC, Zakari challenged the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party to back their allegations with evidence, saying it was not possible for an individual to rig.

“They should prove that beyond reasonable doubt. I doubt it if an individual can rig an election when there are over 20,000 personnel to conduct the election.

“They should back their allegation with fact and figures. We (INEC) have nothing to hide. I see no reason why INEC would want to go back to bad old days. We are moving forward as we remained focused to ensure a credible election that Nigeria will be proud of..”

Zakari said the workshop would review work done so far and to expose officials to new ideas, processes and approach to a successful conduct of the election.

“The workshop is to ensure proper preparations for the election. This is the practice over the years. It is to ensure there is no gap between policies and implementation

“It is to aid direct interaction with departments that initiate policies and to collect ideas that will help in reshaping policies and procedure

“I have no doubt that this will be well-organised and it will be adjudged as the most successful election ever conducted,” she said.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, had earlier said the workshop was to ensure information flow between policy formulators and the implementors towards a successful conduct of the election