Ondo Election – Mr
Segun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State,
says the commission has more than 250 spare smart card readers to
replace those
malfunctioning.
He said this on Saturday while speaking with newsmen at Unit 9,
Ward 2, Gboji/Isinkan in Akure South Local Government Area of the state on the
sidelines of the accreditation and voting process for the governorship
election.
There had been
complaints of malfunctioning card readers in some polling units in the state.
“I have called the Head of Department of ICT to get smart cards for areas with
smart card challenges and very soon they will get them.
“ Card reader is not a
major challenge because it can be addressed within 10 to 20 minutes; we have
over 250 smart card readers for exchange in case of malfunction. “I believe
more people are still coming and the election is going on smoothly across the
state,’’ he said.
He further said that the challenge faced by those whose names
were not on the list but have PVCs would be addressed by the ICT Department
soon. Describing the electoral process as very impressive, he said the report
emerging from the Election Monitoring System Operating Room at the commission’s
Abuja headquarters was positive.
No fewer than 1,280,580 voters with Permanent
Voter Cards would decide who the governor would be out of the 28 contestants in
Saturday’s governorship election. Although 1,659,186 voters were registered for
the election, 378,606 did not collect collect their PVCs.
Among the major
contestants are Mr Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu of the
APC, Dr Olu Agunloye of the Social Democratic Party and Olusola Oke of the
Alliance for Democracy.
Others include the candidate of the Accord Party, Mr
Oladare Amuda, Mr Yinka Orokoto of the Action Alliance, the candidate of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria and Chief Adetuwo Ogunjumelo.
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