The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday said that the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states would be conducted properly and would be credible.
Jega said this at the quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja.
The elections have been scheduled for June 21 and August 9 respectively for Ekiti and Osun.
The INEC chairman said the commission would do everything possible to ensure that the elections were free, fair, peaceful and credible.
He said that the commission had distributed the Permanent Voter Cards and also conducted registration for those who had turned 18 years since the last registration.
Jega said that INEC had also conducted registration for those whose details were not sufficiently captured in the electronic register.
He said, “Although doing these were not without some challenges, overall the two exercises were remarkable improvement over previous efforts.
“The lessons we have learnt from these will be factored into our preparations for the conduct of the PVCs and the Continuous Voter Registration nationwide.”
Jega called on all the political parties and other stakeholders to continue to cooperate with INEC to enable it improve on the electoral process.
He also urged political parties and politicians to conduct themselves with full respect for the Code of Conduct, which political parties had signed.
In his remarks, the Chairman, Inter Party Advisory Council, Dr. Yinusa Tanko, commended INEC on its efforts at ensuring credible elections in both Ekiti and Osun states.
Tanko however said that IPAC had made some observations on the PVCs and CVR in Ekiti and Osun and that INEC needed to do more in order to sensitise voters to the PVCs and CVR.
Tanko also said that the ad hoc workers employed for the purpose of the exercise were not well-trained.
He said that proper training should be given to the ad hoc staff ahead of the governorship elections in the two states.