The Distant Nationwide Electoral Fee on Wednesday warned election witness teams that their accreditation for the Edo and Ondo governorship polls might be revoked anytime if discovered violating its code of habits.
On Monday, The PUNCH reported that 134 world and native witness teams have been authorised by way of INEC.
The classification of the authorised teams confirmed that 28 are gender-based, 3 constitute individuals with incapacity, 8 are faith-based, 10 world and over 100 others operating in disciplines related to the purposes of the Fee.
Talking at a coaching consultation for election eyewitnesses in Abuja, the Nationwide Commissioner and Chairman of the Election and Birthday party Tracking Committee, Sam Olumekun, mentioned for the teams to accumulation their accreditations they will have to adhere to the foundations.
He mentioned, “As authorised Eyewitness Teams, you are going to be allowed get entry to to look at the entire election processes as defined within the Fee’s Reviewed Rules and Tips for the habits of elections to be had on the INEC site.
“I want to, on the other hand, deliver in your consideration that your accreditation is also withdrawn at any degree of the election procedure whether it is established that your organisation is violating the Code of Habits for eyewitnesses as contained within the Tips for Election Commentary to be had at the INEC site.
“Again, you are to be reminded that the accreditation of your organisation to observe the elections is without financial obligations on the Commission.”
He additionally reminded them that the fee does no longer grant any investment for eyewitnesses’ accreditation.
Olumekun mentioned, “Some other critical factor with election remark which has been of shock to the Fee is the problem of integrity in Election remark.
“While there are quite a number of trustworthy, honest, objective, hardworking and credible observer groups in the Country who have contributed greatly to deepening democracy and the electoral process in Nigeria over the years, there are still others who have continued to display laxity about election observation and have cared less about the integrity of the entire process.”
The Performing Director of Election and Birthday party Tracking, Hauwa Habib steered the teams to replace their data with the Company Affairs Fee.
Habib mentioned, “The Fee’s strategy of variety and registration of eyewitnesses is exactly at the provision that the group is registered with the Company Affairs Fee as trustees whose disciplines come with masking elections and the registered 134 of you right here have handed the take a look at.
“From the data to be had to us on the Fee it’s spotted that a few of it is very important replace your data with the CAC.
“The importance of observers as stakeholders in the development of election processes and procedures and we urge your group leaders to select observers who are interested in the job and properly trained to ensure that their observation and reporting are in line with the guidelines of the Commission.”