Ondo 2020: No Face masks,No voting, INEC warns electorate

The National Independent Electoral Commission ,INEC on Wednesday warned residents of Ondo state that will be coming out to vote on the day of election that they will not be allowed to vote unless they use their facemasks.

This requirement is part of measures to avoid the spread of Covid 19 disease during and after the October 10 election in Ondo state.

INEC ,National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter education committee , Mr Festus Okoye made this known in Akure at a workshop organised for journalists in Ondo state.

Okoye said the Electoral body is also working with presidential task force on Covid19 to make available infrared thermometers in all polling units during the election.

He however restated that the use of branded nose masks would not be allowed during the election.

He said Over 17,000 adhoc staff will be deployed for the Ondo state governorship election in October.

Of the figures, 15,000 would be members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) while the remaining 2000 would be staff of federal tertiary institutions to be engaged as supervising presiding officers, collation and returning officers.

Okoye insisted that voting at the Ondo and Edo elections would commenced by 8:30am and close by 2:30pm.

He lampooned a legal practitioner, Mr. Femi Emodamori, who issued an open letter asking the electoral body to publish personal details of Ondo Deputy Governor and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Agboola Ajayi.

Okoye said Emodamori need to be trained on how to get certified true copies of candidates’ credentials from the electoral body.

He said the Commission has never denied anybody that applied properly for copies of details of candidates.

Okoye urged journalists to uphold professionalism in the discharge of their duties during the election.

He also warned against making attempts to find out how voters voted during the polls.

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