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September 18, 2019
Ahead of the November16 governorship election in Kogi State, the Independent National ElectoralCommission, INEC has called on all security agencies to ensure adequateprovision of security before, during and after the election.
INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made the callin Lokoja on Wednesday while declaring open, a three day training for securitypersonnel for Kogi governorship election, organized by The Electoral Institutein collaboration with the European Centre for Electoral Supports .
Yakubu, who wasrepresented by the INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Kwara andNasarawa States, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, maintained that security personnel werecritical stakeholders in the success of any given election.
He specifically urgedsecurity personnel that will be taking part in the election to give attentionto security of all categories of INEC staff, electoral materials, the votersand the voting environment.
Earlier, DirectorGeneral of TEI, Sa’ad Umar Idris, in his opening remarks, said adequatesecurity was indispensable to the conduct of credible, free and fair elections,hence, the need to train the security personnel especially as it relates totheir professional conducts.