ISOKO NORTH STATE CONSTITUENCY BYE ELECTION: INEC Begins 2 Days Training
Oru Leonard
Training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs), on Polling and Counting Procedures in Preparation for Isoko North State Constituency Bye Election scheduled for April 10th, 2021 commenced yesterday 24th of March 2020.
The 2 days Training was organized by the Electoral Institute with the objective that at the end of the training, participants should demonstrate the ability to organize and conduct training on Polling and Counting and effectively perform the electoral functions of SPOs in line with the *First Supplementary Guidelines and Regulations to Elections and the INEC Policy on Conducting Elections in the Context of COVID -19 Pandemic.
The Training was declared opened by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), INEC Delta State, Pastor Monday Udoh Tom in company of Administrative Secretary and other principal Officers. In his remarks the REC. urged the participants not to view the training as familiar as there’s always something new to learn and new intiatives of the Commission to understand.
He reiterated that the participants should put up the right attitude and proper conduct not only during the training but also in the course of conducting the election.
The Director General TEI, Dr. Sa’ad Umar Idris in his goodwill message welcomed participants and advised them to be non partisan in the discharge of their duties. He further charged participants to ask questions where necessary, highlighting the importance of training so as to ensure quality step down of the training for Presiding Officers (POs) and Assistant Presiding Officers (APOs). He urged participants to adhere strictly to the PTF/NCDC guidelines by ensuring social distancing in sitting arrangements, wearing of face masks and use of Hand sanitizer throughout the training.
The Training will highlight among others; the Voter Code of Conduct for Elections during the COVID-19 Pandemic as well as the Mock practice of the Revised Accreditation Process which involves the use of the Smart Card Reader (SCRs) for accreditation of Voters and the use of Z-PAD in the Upload of Polling Unit Results (scanned form EC 8A) on Portal for Public View.
Highlights of the Training:
