INEC trains presiding officers for Ondo governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday began the training of Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers (APO) on Polling and Counting Procedures ahead of the Ondo State Governorship Election, which is set for November 16, 2024.
The three-day training, which was arranged by the Electoral Institute (TEI), aims to equip participants with the skills necessary to conduct polling and counting procedures and efficiently carry out PO/APO electoral duties in accordance with the 2022 Guidelines and Regulations for the conduct of elections.
According to the Commission, the majority of those attending the program are state-serving Corp members, final-year students at federal universities and former Corp members.
Polling date and time, election officials’ code of conduct, election materials, sorting, counting, and results announcement will be the main topics of the training. There would also be a discussion of completing form EC8A, participating in a thorough hands-on exercise of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), uploading the results to iREV (INEC Result viewing portal), and using the INEC Security Alert and Notification System (INEC-SANS) application, which is intended to give real-time alerts about threats and violence against INEC employees on Election Duty Offices or INEC Offices and Facilities.
“The training is structured to assist participants to navigate and use the INEC E-School alongside the TRAINING Bot. This is to familiarize trainees with the e-training platforms which also contain the complete E-Manual.
“On the 2nd day, the training would focus on using the hardcopy of the Manual for Election Officials 2023 along with the e-training Platforms for the training of all POs and APOs.
“While the 3rd day of training would focus on hands on Practicals on the BVAS and Simulation on the processes and procedures on Election day activities using the BVAS for mock accreditation of voters”.
