Oladimeji Basambo, the Supervising Officer, SPO, of Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) at the collation center in Danialu Primary School, Ilorin, has offered insights into the initial voting delays experienced in Akanbi Ward 3 during the local government elections in the state on Saturday.
He attributed the delays to inadequate transport arrangements.
Basambo mentioned that the insufficiency of vehicles designated to transport materials and personnel to their respective polling units (PU) caused the delay.
With over 51 PUs falling under the collation center, voting had not commenced by 10:46 am.
“There was a shortage of vehicles to convey officers and materials to the designated PUs at the outset.
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However, the situation is currently being addressed,” he remarked.
Addressing concerns regarding missing essential voting documents, Basambo assured that the elections would be conducted efficiently and every voter would be catered to.
“An average of 250 voters are registered under each PU, which should not pose a challenge by the end of the day.”
Regarding reports of missing materials for the chairmanship election allegedly raised by some units in Onikanga, Basambo stated that such grievances should be directed to him.
“As evident here, we instruct each PU officer to verify their kits before departing for their respective units. Any such issues should be reported to me; however, I have not received any such reports yet,” he said.
