INEC to engage 15,000 corps members in poll

No fewer than 15,000 Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members will participate in the forthcoming July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner,Prince Adedeji Soyebi, disclosed this on Monday while featuring on Ekiti State Television (EKTV) programme, Daybreak Nigeria, monitored by Vanguard. 

Soyebi explained that the deployment of the corps members was one of the measures to ensure fairness to all parties and the credibility of the exercise. He also stressed that the electoral agency was collaborating with security agencies to ensure safety of officials, voters and electoral materials to be used for the poll. The INEC chief assured political parties and voters that the electoral umpire would be fair to all parties and would deliver an election in line with global best electoral practices. 

He urged political parties taking part in the poll to submit the list of their agents in line with the time allowed by law. Any party that fails to submit the names of its agents on time, according to him, would lose the privilege of being represented at the poll. Speaking on possibility of electronic voting in Nigeria, Soyebi said,”We are not definitely going to have it 2019 but we will get there very soon.” Responding to a question, Soyebi said it was possible to conduct all elections in a single day rather than having a staggered process for general elections.