The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC) has stated that it will soon commence training of ad-hoc staff to be used for the conduct of the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State.
The Commission said the training of corps members will start in their various Community Development Service (CDS) groups and it will last till some weeks before the election.
The electoral umpire added that it was ready to deploy registration machines to all wards across the State so as to ease the process of the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) ahead of the Osun State gubernatorial and general elections.
This was made known by Prof. Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, the Osun INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner (REC) while playing host to the leadership of the Osun Online Media Practitioners Association, in Osogbo, on Tuesday.
Speaking on its preparation towards the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Osun, Raji advised residents to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration to register or transfer their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to polling units near their residences.
The Osun REC said the commission had created new polling units in Osun State to reduce the population of the voters in units with large number of electorates.
“By the end of March, we are going to end the continuous voters’ registration in the State. But by the last week of March, we shall deploy more machines, at least one per ward.
“We want the people of the State to use the window of the CVR to register or transfer to polling units closer to their residence. The new polling units were created to decongest polling units.
“Also, unlike before when we would start training of our ad hoc staff days to elections, we shall be commencing training of corps members, who constitute larger percentage of our ad hoc staff from May. This will help familiarize them with our machines and will reduce the failure we do record on election day,” he said.
The Commissioner, who commended media practitioners for their support to the commission, called for more partnership before, during and after the gubernatorial election in the State.
