- INEC has promised to take all possible measures to prevent vote-buying and selling in the 2019 elections
- The commission said it will intensify voter education at the grassroots as part of efforts to prevent the selling of voters' card
- The commission said vote-buying and hawking was gaining ground largely due to ignorance among voters
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to intensify voter education at the grassroots as part of efforts to discourage vote-buying and hawking during the 2019 general elections.
Professor James Apam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kogi State, made this known in Lokoja on Thursday at the opening of a one-day capacity building workshop for officers in charge of voter education in the North Central Zone.
READ ALSO: Without the existence of Warri, there won’t be Nigeria government - Kachikwu
The workshop brought together all INEC officers in charge of voter education in all the states and local governments in the zone.
Apam said that vote-buying and hawking was gaining ground largely due to ignorance among voters, saying that voter education remained a potent tool to discourage the practice.
According to him, the INEC has put in place seamless electoral process that will ensure the success of the 2019 elections.
He charged the participants, mostly the INEC Desk Officers in charge of voter education to brace up for the challenges ahead as the bulk of educating the voters in their respective areas of coverage would fall on them.
Mr Ahmed Biambo, Director, Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in the state, told the participants that the commission was determined to take voter education to the door steps of Nigerians.
PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 news app
Biambo said that INEC was optimistic that the issues of vote-buying and hawking would be reduced to the minimum through massive voter education enlightenment.
Participants at the workshop were drawn from the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau and Benue states.
Legit.ng earlier reported that Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday, December 12, said that the commission would conduct 2019 general elections using the exiting laws that are presently valid and in place.
The Nation reports Yakubu stated that the commission would not be distracted by the misunderstanding between the presidency and National Assembly.
NAIJ.com (naija.ng) -> Legit.ng We have updated to serve you better
Who Will Win the 2019 Elections? | Legit TV:
Source: Legit.ng