The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
Ondo chapter said it had distributed 1.2 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)
in the state ahead of Nov. 26 governorship election in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state,
Mr Olusegun Agbaje, made this known at a news conference in Akure on Tuesday,
and added that the distributed cards was as at Aug. 11, 2016.
Agbaje said that a total of 331, 078 PVCs were yet to be
collected by their owners.
He said a total of 1, 531, 771 PVCs were received in the
state before the continuous voter registration carried out in the state about
two months ago.
He congratulated the 30 political parties that would
participate in the election for the successful conduct of their primary
elections.
The REC advised politicians on violent-free campaigns,
saying “it is my belief that a peaceful campaign is a likely harbinger to the
conduct of a peaceful election”.
He said that INEC had a good relationship with all the
existing political parties in the state.
“I wish to mention that the commission has cordial and
robust relationship with all the political parties in the state.
“Meanwhile, the commission has commenced an aggressive,
persistent and sustained voter education, mobilisation and public enlightenment
campaigns to create awareness ahead of the election.
“Essentially, the voter education campaigns are geared
towards preventing voter apathy and to appeal to citizens to shun violence
before, during and after the election,” he said.
Agbaje also disclosed that 3, 009 Presiding Officers
(POs), 9,029 Assistant Presiding
Officers I, II and III (APOs) would be deployed for the election.
He added that the officers would service the 3, 009
polling units in the 18 local government areas of the state.
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