Ahead of the September 21st Edo Governorship Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC will conduct mock accreditation of voters in the state on Tuesday 10th September 2024 at designated Polling Units from 8.30am to 2.30pm.
This is contained in a statement by Sam Olumekun,
National Commissioner and Chairman,
Information and Voter Education Committee issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to Olumekun, the exercise will enable the commission to test run the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and result upload to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal for the election using live voters in select locations in the State.
He said the Commission has designated 12 Polling Units across six Local Government Areas (LGAs) covering the three Senatorial Districts of the State as centres for the mock accreditation.
For Edo Central, the exercise will take place in Eguare Primary School, Eguare 1, and Uwenujie Primary School, Uwenujie, in Esan Central LGA as well as Eguare Primary School 1, Ewohimi, and Eguare Okhuesan (Former L. A. School 1), Emu, in Esan South East LGA.
While Usokwi Iyogbe Azama Primary School, Yeluwa, and the polling unit at Institute of Continuing Education Road, Auchi, in Etsako West LGA are the designated centres while Uhonmwora Owere Primary School, Uhonmwora-Ora, and Holy Trinity Grammar School, Sabongidda-Ora, will serve as centres in Owan West LGA will serve as centres for Edo North.
In Edo South, Western Boys’ High School 1 and Ologbosere Primary School 1 are the designated centres in Ikpoba Okha LGA while Idia College I and Payne Primary School 1 will serve as centres for Oredo LGA.
A graphic image containing the names and locations of the centres has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information, Olumekun said.
The Commission therefore appealed to registered voters to come out with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the exercise.
According to the Statement, only registered voters for the designated polling units are invited to participate in the exercise.
“No voter from another polling unit can be accredited by the BVAS, Olumekun assured.
