Kogi Election: Elderly, pregnant women, others receive priority accreditation
Elderly persons, pregnant women as well as
Persons with Disabilities are being given special
priority to facilitate their accreditation for the
Kogi governorship election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports the affected persons were being
prioritised by the electoral officials in
most of the polling units across the state.
Miss Juliana Nwadike, a corps member
on election duty in one of the polling
units, said that ‘’elderly men and
women, people living with disabilities
and pregnant women’’ were being
accredited first before other eligible
voters to make the process easier for
them.
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In Ajaokuta Local Government Area,
NAN reports that most of the voters were
youths while the turnout of women was
low.
Some of the voters, who spoke with NAN,
however, decried the slow process of
accreditation by the officials handling
the card reader machines.
Meanwhile, there was low turnout of
voters in Okene and its environs.
NAN reports that many of the polling
units with an average of 500 – 700 voting
population in the area only managed to
accredit between 50 and 70 voters
between 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
At Ogaminana, Nagazi and Obangede in
Adavi and Okehi local government areas,
the process was smooth.
Mr Torres Chrrs, a United States embassy
observer, told NAN that the accreditation
process was ‘’great and good’’.
At Ogori-Magongo Local Government
Area, the exercise was also peaceful
while voters turned out in large numbers
to discharge their civic responsibilities.
Meanwhile, accreditation of voters
commenced at about 8:45 a.m. at Idah
in Kogi East Senatorial District with
heavy presence of security personnel in
most of the polling stations.
At New GRA ward, Unit 001, the
Presiding Officer, Ms Joy Okonkwo, told
NAN that the two card reader machines
deployed to the unit were in perfect
condition.
At Ofukolo ward unit 006, the Presiding
Officer, Mr Ubonnu Kelechi, however,
told NAN that although electoral
materials were adequate, the card reader
machines were malfunctioning.
A NAN correspondent who visited some
of the polling units in the area reports
that the turnout of voters was impressive
as at 9 a.m. with women and youths
dominating the process.
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