INEC: Political parties will sign peace accord for Ondo guber November 8

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says political parties participating in the Ondo state governorship election will sign a peace accord on November 8.

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chair, announced this on Thursday at a meeting with civil society organisations (CSOs) at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.

Yakubu said 64,273 permanent voter cards (PVCs) were collected out of the 89,777 cards delivered to the state. He said this represents a collection rate of 71.6 percent.

“In the next few days, the commission will upload to our website the cumulative figure of all PVCs collected in each of the 3,933 polling units across the state, for the purpose of result management as provided by law and for public information,” he said.

He said INEC has improved on the voter accreditation process and the upload of results to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal.

“The capacity of election duty staff has improved with hands-on training for especially polling unit officials,” he said.

“As we approach the Ondo state governorship election, there will be further improvements, especially in the areas of logistics for the movement of personnel and materials to both land and riverine locations, to enable the prompt commencement of polls as well as the management of the processes on election day from voting to declaration of result.

“Already, mock accreditation of voters and result upload to the IReV has been scheduled for Wednesday 6th November 2024 in 12 polling units across six local government areas in the three senatorial districts of the state. Detailed locations of the centres has been uploaded to our website. Hardcopies are enclosed in your folders for this meeting.

“As early as next week, the commission will undertake a final readiness assessment of our preparations for the Ondo election, meet with our officials, engage with stakeholders and interact with the security agencies and transport providers.

“On this note, I am also glad to announce that the national peace committee under the leadership of our respected former head of state, general Abdulsalami Abubakar GFCR, is holding the signing of the peace accord for parties and candidates in Ondo state on Friday 8th November 2024.”