The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), at the weekend, conducted a three-day training for its 301 Supervising Presiding Officers (SPOs) for the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.
The event, held at the Federal College of Agriculture (FECA) in Akure, the state capital, was also to debunk the allegation by a party that the commission is recruiting its ad-hoc staff from Lagos State.
Addressing the participants, the Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Olusegun Agbaje, said the SPOs have been selected from INEC and federal establishments in the state.
Agbaje, who was represented by INEC’s Administrative Secretary Kabiru Omosanya, said the trainees will supervise all the 309 polling units and 446 voting points on Election Day.
He noted that each participant is expected to monitor a maximum of 10 polling units.
Agbaje added that the commission has trained its Electoral Officers (EOs), Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs) and security officials on their roles on Election Day.
According to him, “this is to show the people that INEC is committed to conducting free and fair poll in Ondo State.”