A Group,Good Circle International Organisation,GCIO has unveiled its plans to organize a Mock Election ahead of the November 18th, 2017 Anambra gubernatorial election.
The Mock election according to the group will be modeled after expectations in the real election being organized by INEC for the election day.Mock ballot papers with Party Logos and candidates will be availed to prospective voters across the State for casting of votes.
GCIO is the operator of the Operation Help Your Neighbour campaign in Nigeria to support the less privileged and reduce crime rate, and the group currently runs a farm in Asaba,Delta State which is part of the proceeds will be used for charity donations. More than 17 hectares of farming land was recently awarded to GCIO by the Federal government to support its vision.
Speaking in Abuja yesterday, the National Coordinator of GCIO,Mr. Esanerovo Agbodo said that the group’s organization of the mock election is a strategy to ensure that voters are extensively familiar with the electoral and voting process before the real INEC election day. He added that the Anambra election is a test case ahead of the 2019 general elections which the group plans to also hold across Nigeria.
“In a democracy, elections are too important to be treated lightly because the social and economic developments of a country largely depend on the quality of leaders elected into power. The prospective
voters need to be familiar with all the processes, the candidates and logos of political parties and understand other requirement for voters as well as get regular updates from INEC. A situation where voters are exposed to unforeseen circumstances on Election Day has led to disenfranchisements, nullification of votes casted and even misplaced voting for unintended candidates is not encouraging”, he said.
Political parties and candidates are already enlisting to participate in the Mock elections and modalities and date will be unveiled soon,Mr. Agbodo added.
