Ondo Gov Polls: INEC annnounces deployment of 4,002 BVAS machines

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has deployed 4,002 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines ahead of the governorship elections in Ondo State to be held this Saturday.

This was made known by the Ondo state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Oluwatoyin Babalola, in Akure on Friday.

The Commission also assure that 812 BVAS machines have been kept on reserve should any issue arise with the main machines.

“We are ready. We have created enough voter awareness through the multiple channels we deployed for the exercise,” Babalola said.

She also disclosed that ad-hoc staff comprising of Supervisory Polling Officers (SPOs), presiding officers (POs), and assistant presiding officers (APOs), have all been trained properly and ready to discharge their duties.

“The security agencies have given us assurance. We trained them on the need to be professional and the need to be committed to the job they engage in

“We also taught them our process. You know, when you don’t know someone else’s process, some things you think are not right, some things you think are wrong. So we have trained them and they have cascaded this training to their commands,” she noted.

The REC pointed out that the Registration Area Centres (RACs) have been activated much earlier to allow for swift deployment of voting materials to the respective polling units.

“As I speak with you now, most vehicles are on their way to the RAC because we are going to activate RACs very early. We don’t want to activate RACs in the night so that they would have settled in and they’ll be ready for the election tomorrow,” Babalola ended.