Ondo REC lauds corps members over impacts on electoral process
By Saheed Ibrahim
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ondo State, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola has underscored the invaluable contributions of the members of the service corps to the electoral process in the country.
The REC during her courtesy call on the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) management team in the state asserted that the involvement of corps members in electoral system has enhanced the credibility of elections in Nigeria.
“I want to confirm that the synergy between INEC and NYSC has birthed a new belief and strong signal that has restored confidence in our electoral system. The impeccable performance of corps members during the recently concluded bye-election in Akoko North East and North West into the House of Representatives has laid credence to this assertion”.
The INEC boss praised the management of the Scheme for raising educated, intelligent, dedicated, disciplined, committed and IT savvy youths who have made a collaboration with NYSC a well thought out progressive and dynamic strategy.
She announced that her office will raise a joint team with the managers of the Scheme in the state to further work on training and retraining of corps members in order to boost their capacity to deliver on the mandate as gubernatorial election is approaching in the state.
The electoral body boss who was instrumental to the drafting of the Memorandum of understanding between INEC and NYSC disclosed that the security and welfare of corps members will remain on the priority list of the electoral body whenever the services of the members of the service corps are sought from NYSC.
Babalola, while promising to build on the good relationship her predecessors in office had with NYSC in the state said that the Scheme will have better story to tell about her tenure.
Responding, the NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani thanked the REC for accepting that corps members as well as NYSC staff play pivotal roles during electoral process in the country.
