The Ekiti and Osun states Governorship elections may have come and gone with victories declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
While reports from various election observation groups indicates much improvement in the Conduct of both elections, INEC however is leaving no stone unturned to ensure better performance especially as it prepares for next year’s general election.
This 2 day Post Election Training Audit for the Ekiti and Osun election however presents the platform for participants to brainstorm on some of the challenges faced in the conduct of the polls and come up with actionable recommendations. Declaring the training program Open, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Electoral Institute, Prof Abdullahi Abduzuru applauded the officials that conducted the governorship elections saying their conduct reflects the place of quality training for election purposes. Earlier, the director General, the Electoral Institute, Dr Sa’ad Idris in his remarks said electoral knowledge is dynamic hence the importance of the Audit aimed at reviewing all electoral training activities that took place in both states.
Other speakers on their part called for more training of poll workers for credible elections.
Some of the challenges identified by the poll workers for the Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections include use of venue with no exit points, lack of security agents at training venues, high incidents of gate crashers among several others.
