Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will conduct a mock voter accreditation exercise on September 10, 2024.
News About Nigeria reports that the announcement was made by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Sam Olumekun, in a statement released on Tuesday.
According to Olumekun, the mock exercise is intended to test the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the electronic result upload process to the INEC Result Viewing portal (IREV).
Giving details on the exercise, Olumekun revealed that it will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the designated day, adding that it will take place in 12 selected polling units across six Local Government Areas in the state.
The statement reads, “In continuation of preparations for the Edo State Governorship Election held on Saturday, 21st September 2024, the Commission is test-running the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and result upload to the INEC Result Viewing portal for the election using live voters in select locations in the State. The mock exercise will be held on Tuesday 10th September 2024 at the designated Polling Units from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm.
“For this purpose, the Commission has designated 12 Polling Units across six Local Government Areas covering the three Senatorial Districts of the State as centres for the mock accreditation. In 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.
“In Edo North, 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. 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.”
INEC explained that only voters registered at the specific polling units where the mock accreditation is being conducted will be allowed to participate.
The commission urged registered voters to come out with their Permanent Voter Cards for the exercise.
