The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced intentions to hold a mock voter accreditation ahead of the Ondo State governorship election on November 16, 2024.
The experiment, scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2024, will test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System as well as real-time result upload to the INEC Result Viewing Portal.
Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, confirmed this on Thursday.
Olumekun asked registered voters in the specified polling units to take part in the exercise, which will last from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.’
“The mock exercise will be held on Wednesday, 6th November 2024, at the designated polling units from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm,” he noted.
According to INEC, the mock accreditation would take place in 12 specified polling units spread across six Local Government Areas in Ondo State.
They are located over the state’s three senatorial districts: Ondo Central, North, and South.
“In the Ondo Central Senatorial District, the exercise will take place in Akure South and Idanre LGs. In Akure South LG, the centres are Alagbaka Primary School in Akure and Ijapo High School also in Akure, while in Idanre LG, Our Saviour Primary School, Aiyetoro/Owena I, and the open space in front of Plot 6, beside the Teaching Service Commission, Owena, are the designated venues.
“In the Ondo North Senatorial District, the two LGs are Owo and Akoko South West. In Owo, Methodist Primary School, Fajuyi Road, and Imade College Gate, Ajaka Street I, shall serve as centres, while the open space at Ago Ajayi, Oba, and L.A. Primary School, Oba, are the designated locations for Akoko South West LG.
“In the Ondo South Senatorial District, the two LGAs are Odigbo and Okitipupa. In Odigbo LGA, the selected locations are St John’s Primary School, Ajue, and Isero Grammar School, Odigbo. In Okitipupa LGA, the open space at Oladipupo Lebi Street, by Zhomelo Lodge, and Baptist Primary School, Ode Aye, shall serve as centres,” the national commissioner listed.
He further explained, “In Ondo Central, the accreditation will be conducted at Alagbaka Primary School and Ijapo High School in Akure South LGA, as well as at Our Saviour Primary School and the open space near Plot 6 in Idanre LGA.
“In Ondo North, the exercise will take place at Methodist Primary School and Imade College Gate in Owo LGA, and at two locations in Akoko South West LGA: the open space at Ago Ajayi, Oba, and L.A. Primary School, Oba.
“In Ondo South, the designated centres include St John’s Primary School and Isero Grammar School in Odigbo LGA, as well as two locations in Okitipupa LGA: the open space at Oladipupo Lebi Street and Baptist Primary School, Ode Aye.”
He further stated that only registered voters with Permanent Voter Cards from these units would be permitted to participate, and no voter from outside the specified units will be accredited by the BVAS throughout the exercise. So far, the state’s new registrants have collected 55,859 PVCs.
