Ondo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the dissemination of the non-delicate political race materials for the November 16, off-cycle governorship political race in the state.
Oluwatoyin Babalola, the Electoral Commissioner of the state, expressed this at a media briefing in Akure on the readiness of the commission for the political race.
Babalola noticed that an enormous level of the non-sensitive election materials for the November 16, 2024 poll have been gotten.
She uncovered that the non-sensitive election materials got have been conveyed to the 18 local government areas of the state.
As per her, the materials are kept in safe spots as the commission is working intimately with security offices to safeguard the materials.
She explained that the non-sensitive election materials would be clustered into RAs and polling units and would be dispatched just before the election.
Citing her: “I am pleased to inform you that a large percentage of the non-sensitive election materials required for the election have been received and deployed to the 18 Local Government Offices, where they are batched to RAs and Pus levels.
“We are working closely with the relevant security agencies and stakeholders to ensure safe storage and timely distribution of these materials on the eve of election.”
The Ondo REC further revealed that the absolute number of enrolled voters in the state is presently 2,053,061.
This is in the wake of blending the new enrolled citizens with the old enlisted electors.
She also mentioned that there is a total of 1,034,006 male registered voters in the state which shaped 50.36 per cent of the all out enlisted voters in the state.
The quantity of registered voters who are female in the state is 1,019,055, which structures 49.64 per cent of all out enrolled voters in the state.
Youths who enlisted as voters in the state are 726,944 and constituted 35.41 per cent of the complete enrolled voters in the state.
Middle-aged individuals who enrolled as voters are 721,982 and they shaped 35.17 per cent of the absolute guideline voters.
The older citizens who enlisted are 441,516 and they represent 21.51 percent of total registered voters.
Elderly people who enrolled are 162,619, comprising 7.92 per cent of the all out enlisted voters in the state.
People living with disabilities who registered as voters are 1,782 and simply 0.09 per cent of the absolute enrolled voters in the state.
Oluwatoyin Babalola affirmed the enrolled voters in the state, express that their votes would count.
She guaranteed that all security organizations are working with INEC to guarantee a sans hitch, free, fair and trustworthy political race in Ondo State.
Babolola reiterates that BVAS will be used in all Three thousand nine hundred and thirty-three (3,933) Polling units in the state.
