The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not use
incident form in 2019 elections as the card reader will be effectively
utilised.
Prof. Francis
Ezeonu, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, said this at a Town
Hall Meeting/Sensitisation Campaign of the commission on Continuous Voter
Registration (CVR) in Egbema/Uguta Local Government of Imo State.
He said that the commission was upgrading the card reader machine to make it
more functional and effective during elections.
He told the
participants and politicians that the era of playing pranks with people’s
permanent voter cards during elections was gone, adding that anyone with a card
that the card reader did not recognise would be disfranchised and would not be
given any incident form.
Ezeonu said that
accreditation and voting would start simultaneously to avoid long queues and
time wastage during elections.
He advised
politicians and party faithful to ensure they did their homework well when
campaigns commenced, adding that any plan to rig in whatever form would be a
waste of time and effort.
“The essence of politics is development. Candidates should ensure they
sincerely work towards getting the people’s mandate. Hijacking election
materials will not work in 2019 elections,” he said.
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