The Chairman of the Kogi State Unbiased Electoral Fee (KOSIEC), Mamman Nda-Eri, has confident citizens and political events that the fee will give protection to legitimate votes and make sure they’re counted in Saturday’s native govt election.
Nda-Eri gave the reassurance whilst tracking the workout.
He mentioned the fee remained dedicated to carrying out the election reasonably and keeping up its neutrality.
He stated proceedings from some political events however pushed aside some allegations circulating on social media, insisting that sure claims have been unfaithful and that some events had failed to fulfill the necessities for participation within the election.
“Electoral commissions incessantly face allegations of bias, however we will be able to do our best possible to turn that we’re unbiased. We will be able to additionally make sure that no polling unit closes at 3 pm if citizens are nonetheless ready in queues,” Nda-Eri mentioned.
He added that each and every eligible voter ready to solid a poll could be allowed to workout their proper to vote.
Nda-Eri attributed the turnout to voter training and efforts by means of political events to mobilise and sensitise their supporters all the way through campaigns.
He mentioned the election adopted a procedure that started about 360 days previous and used to be being performed according to the fee’s timetable.
The chairman instructed eligible citizens who had but to solid their ballots to take part, stressing that vote casting used to be necessary for strengthening democratic duty.