The Centre for Transparency Advocacy was duly accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a domestic observer group for the aforementioned elections in the three states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi. The CTA observed the elections as that held on November 11, 2023.
According to statistics from INEC; Total registered voters for the three states, 5,409,438. For Bayelsa, 1,056,862, Imo 2,419,922, and Kogi 1,932,654 respectively. Total number of PVCs collected 5,169,692- Bayelsa 1,017,613, Imo – 2,318,919, Kogi- 1,833,160. The total number of LGAs in these states is 56. Bayelsa has 8 LGAs, 27 in Imo and 21 in Kogi with a total of 10510 polling units; 2244 for Bayelsa, 4758 for Imo and 3508 for Kogi. However, voting did not happen in 40 polling units, 38 in Imo and 2 in Bayelsa as it recorded no voters.
CTA pre-election activities
As is customary, the CTA set up its Situation Room in Owerri to communicate with our coordinators and observers in Kogi and Bayelsa, the other two states. We convened stakeholder meetings in all three states before this election. In October, we gathered stakeholders in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa. We conducted in-depth discussions with a variety of important stakeholders at these meetings, including traditional leaders, the media, and security agencies.
The CTA deployed 212 independent observers who were authorized to observe the election throughout the entirety of the three states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States. They were trained and sent out by the CTA. Equally, these observers received election observation training and instruction on following INEC election guidelines.
Therefore, this concluding report sums up our thoughts on how the election was handled.
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