Osun 2022: INEC Begins Ad-Hoc Staff Training, Deploys More CVR Machines

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that training of ad-hoc staff for the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State will begin soon.

The Corps members’ training will begin in their various Community Development Service (CDS) groups and will last until a few weeks before the election, according to the Commission.

The electoral umpire also stated that it was prepared to deploy registration machines to all wards across the state in order to facilitate the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) process ahead of the gubernatorial and general elections in Osun State.

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Prof. Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, the Osun INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner (REC), stated this in Osogbo on Tuesday while hosting the leadership of the Osun Online Media Practitioners Association.

Raji advised residents to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration to register or transfer their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to polling units near their homes as part of the state’s preparations for the upcoming gubernatorial election.

According to the Osun REC, the commission created new polling units in Osun State to reduce the number of voters in units with large populations.

“By the end of March, we will have completed the State’s continuous voter registration.” However, by the end of March, we will have deployed additional machines, at least one per ward.

“We want residents of the state to use the CVR’s registration window to register or transfer to polling units closer to their homes.” To decongest polling units, new polling units were created.

“In addition, unlike in the past, when we would begin training our ad hoc staff days before elections, we will begin training corps members, who make up a larger percentage of our ad hoc staff, in May.” This will help them become more familiar with our machines and reduce the number of failures we have on election day,” he said.

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The Commissioner, who praised the media for their support of the commission, called for more collaboration before, during, and after the State’s gubernatorial election.