EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Election is an integral part of a state/country’s development. Osun State Gubernatorial election took place on Saturday, 16th July 2022. Prior to this, the Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) paid an advocacy visit to media houses, security agencies and National Orientation Agency after which a stakeholders’ meeting and media sensitization was held on the contribution of stakeholders on how the upcoming election will be free, fair and credible. CTA was present at the Peace Accord signing ceremony where the aspiring candidates and chairmen signed the peace accord document. The role of observers in election cannot be overemphasized. In lieu of this, CTA was present at the briefing of accredited observer groups and trained 60 accredited observers.
The Situation room was set up to monitor the report of the events happening on the field during election and to take actions when need arise. These reports are to be supplied by the trained accredited observers. The situation room of CTA was declared opened by the Executive Director of the CTA on the eve of the election followed by a Press Conference same day July 15, 2022.
The gubernatorial election of Osun State was conducted on July 16th, 2022. There was one million, nine hundred and fifty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty-seven (1, 955,657) registered voters out of which One million, five hundred and eighteen thousand, three hundred and three (1,518, 303) PVCs were collected. Observers constantly reported live updates on election through pictures and text on the CTA-WHATSAPP platform. Likewise, the CTA team led by the Executive Director roved across polling units in the state to observe the accreditation and voting processes. It is important to note that the presence of observers in polling units largely contributed to the credibility of election in the state.
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