2019 Elections: No food, no phones at polling booths in Kwara- INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission in Kwara state has stated that during the upcoming elections, food vendors will not be permitted to enter into polling units. The commission stated that it gathered that some politicians had hidden money inside vendors’  properties in the past. And that the money will then be shared to voters in a bid to persuade them to vote for their preferred candidate.

While addressing an audience over the policy, The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Garba Madami, explained that INEC is now willing to work hand-in-hand with ICPC and EFCC so as to stop the menace of vote buying in the state.

Madami equally explained, “You can’t bring in your phone to a polling booth to snap a picture of your ballot paper to show who you’ve voted for”.

He said that in previous elections, politicians would store money in vehicles, bring to the polling booths, and start to buy votes.

2019 Elections: No food, no phones at polling booths in Kwara- INEC

“Now, anti-graft agencies like the EFCC and the ICPC are now monitoring vote buyers and sellers because of our collaboration with them. That’s why money is not circulating in this campaign unlike before.

“More so, our card readers and PVC are working well now. And that’s why politicians are desperate to go for vote buying. If we succeed in this, we would have a credible election”, Madami explained.

He further mentioned that the last day for the collection of PVCs in the state is 8th of february, stating that more than 300,000 electorates are yet to collect theirs.

Madami subsequently emphasized that elections will be conducted in 2,886 booths in Kwara while preferences will be given to old citizens, pregnant women, and physically challenged persons.

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