The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, has directed commission officials to give priority attention to elderly voters during the August 15, 2026 governorship election in Osun State.
Amupitan gave this directive on Saturday while inspecting the mock accreditation exercise across Osun State as part of preparations for the election.
The INEC chairman commended the inspection at Polling Unit 1, Ward 1, Post Office, St. Peter’s Primary School, Ibokun, in Obokun Local Government Area, where he monitored the operation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and interacted with voters and election officials.
He later visited polling units Olorunsogo, Egbedore Local Government Area, Ibokun in Obokun Local Government Area and Ogo-Oluwa in Osogbo Local Government Area to assess the performance of the BVAS devices during the mock accreditation exercise.
At Olorunsogo Polling Unit 4, some voters reported a temporary malfunction of the BVAS device, which
