{"id":9840,"date":"2018-06-13T22:08:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T04:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9840"},"modified":"2018-06-13T22:08:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T04:08:55","slug":"2018-why-ekiti-election-cannot-be-rigged","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/2018-why-ekiti-election-cannot-be-rigged\/","title":{"rendered":"2018: Why Ekiti election CANNOT be rigged \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"top-middle-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-content manoj single-add-content\">\n<div class=\"single-related\">\n<div id=\"jp-relatedposts\" class=\"jp-relatedposts\">\n<div class=\"jp-relatedposts-items jp-relatedposts-items-minimal jp-relatedposts-list \">\n<p class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post4\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that the Ekiti State governorship election slated for July 14 cannot be rigged, with the quality ICT infrastructure in place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The commission said the notion peddled in some quarters that the election will be rigged runs contrary to the reality on ground.<\/p>\n<p>The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ekiti State, Abdulganiy Raji, gave the assurance in Ido Ekiti on Tuesday during a Town Hall meeting entitled, Vote not Fight. The meeting was organised to sensitise the youth ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was funded by National Democratic Institute (NDI), United Kingdom Agency for International Development (UK aid) and United State Agency for International Development (USAID).<\/p>\n<p>He said the election process had been digitalised and the voting exercise would be monitored electronically.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Raji, represented by the Electoral Officer in Ido\/Osi local government, Ajayi Olusola, said the commission had strengthened its system and made it technologically driven.<\/p>\n<p>He said it would be difficult for anyone to tamper with the outcome of the election, given the security of the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo and get your Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Your vote is your power and let me tell you that your votes will surely count,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cINEC is not partisan, we are fair to all parties. We are going to monitor the voting electronically. No one can rig election with the kind of ICT we have put in place and we are going to monitor the activities of parties to ensure that we have a peaceful poll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurances that the Ekiti State governorship election slated for July 14 cannot be rigged, with the quality ICT infrastructure in place. The commission said the notion peddled in some quarters that the election will be rigged runs contrary to the reality on ground. 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