- Odunayo Ogunmodede
The Independent National Electoral Commission had said it's compulsory for every voter in the Edo and Ondo elections to wear a mask before they can be allowed to vote.
The Head of Voters Education and Publicity, Mr Timidi Wariowei made this known yesterday in Benin. He said the NCDC guidelines have been seriously considered in the Commission's guidelines for the two polls.
His words: "Every voter at the polling units must wear a mask. If you don't have face mask, you must at least have something to cover your nose and mouth to be allowed to vote. There must also be a distance of two metres or six feet between each voter on queue at the polling units. We will provide alcohol-based disinfectants to be used to disinfect the card reader after every accreditation during the poll".
Wariowei further disclosed that though the Covid-19 pandemic has caused serious setbacks to INEC preparations for the polls, but insisted that elections must hold in the two States to avoid constitutional crisis.
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