The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun on Wednesday said it is 95 per cent prepared for the conduct of the state’s governorship elections.

“Going by our level of preparedness towards the conduct of the governorship election today in Osun, we are 95 per cent ready,” INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun, Abdulganiyu Raji, said.

Represented by INEC Head of Department, Election and Party Monitoring, Shehu Muhammad, at a workshop, Mr Raji said the state office had taken delivery of “virtually” all non-sensitive materials.

“The remaining five per cent are what we refer to as sensitive materials, which by INEC practice, will not arrive until about 48 hours to the commencement of the election,” he said.

Mr Raji also stated that the commission had commenced training of staff, Ad-hoc staff and other stakeholders.

He said root training for youth corps members, who constitute the bulk of the ad-hoc staff, started seven weeks ago.

Also, he disclosed that the commission had 333,179 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state ready for collection.

Mr Raji explained that the PVCs were for new registrants and reissued PVCs for old/existing registrants.

He urged those concerned to pick up their cards at the nearest INEC Local Government Area office to their residence.

“The PVCs are for new registrants and reissued PVCs for those that corrected information on their cards, replaced defaced and lost cards and those transferring their voting rights to Osun,” the REC said.

(NAN)