The new NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Kuburat Omowumi Bakare has appealed to members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) to ensure that corps members engaged for election duty coming up in November receive adequate materials and logistics support.
The State Coordinator made the appeal when she addressed the ICCES members during their preparatory meeting held at the INEC State office, Akure, to map out strategies to ensure that the forthcoming gubernatorial election is hitch-free.
Bakare, who attended the meeting for the first time, said that she was elated to meet with the committee members saddled with the responsibility of ensuring security during the elections and requested members to see the corps members as their children who should be protected from all harm and challenges associated with electoral activities.
"The distinguished members of the result-oriented committee, I am in high spirit to be in your midst today to discuss security issues pertaining to the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State. In as much as our assignment is herculean, I want to plead with us to give our best to the task ahead because of the large number of lives involved".
She continued, 'As you all know that NYSC will provide a high number of adhoc staff for the important assignment, it behoves on us to ensure that nothing untowards happen to these patriotic Nigerians and others that would be so engaged. The world at large is looking at us to deliver credible, free, fair and crisis-free election, but most importantly, all lives involved in this national assignment must be adequately protected'.
She told the meeting that the corps members have been adequately sensitised on the roles expected of them during the period leading to, and during election proper, saying that they had equally been warned not to engage in unwholesome activities or collude with some persons to subvert the wish of the electorates.
Addressing the meeting, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Oluwatoyin Babalola, hinted that the meeting was called to assess the level of preparedness for the election and to give update about the enhanced guidelines on the elections.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner welcomed the new State Coordinator to the fold and encouraged her to deploy her wealth of experience in moulding and mentoring the graduate youths to bear on the gubernatorial election coming up in November, 2024.
The ICCES membership comprised the headship of all the security agencies, paramilitary organisations, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), National Orientation Agency (NOA) and other stakeholders critical to the success of the election.
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