ALAKE CHERGE OGUN RESIDENTS ON VOTER'S CARD REGISTRATION

The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun
Aremu Gbadebo, has called on the residents of Ogun State to
take the voters registration exercise more seriously than ever
before.
Oba Adedotun Gbadebo made the plea when receiving a
delegation of Voters Education Department of the Independent
National Electoral Commission in Abeokuta today (Tuesday).
The Egba monarch disclosed to the INEC Officials that he had
always been personally and actively involved in assisting the
electoral body to mobilize eligible voters to register and
observe their civic responsibility.
The Alake warned eligible voters that they should not wait until
sixty days to the end of the registration exercise before
rushing to register as it might be too cumbersome at that
time.
He also expressed displeasure at the attitude of some voters
selling their voters card to politicians for whatever amount,
adding that such action was tantamount to selling their
freedom and right to choose who they preferred to represent
and govern them.
Oba Adedotun also warned eligible voters especially in
Egbaland not to fail to register and collect their voter cards
because the relative large voter population advantage in the
six Egba Local Governments may turn out be a disadvantage.
The Alake also commended the INEC in Ogun State, as well as
the national level, for their result oriented voters education,
adding that they must not relent in their task of ensuring that
all eligible voters are registered and voters’ cards given out to
them.
Speaking earlier, the leader of the Voters Education, INEC,
Ogun State, Olori Adenike Tadashe appreciated the Egba
Paramount Monarch for his past and present fatherly and
leadership roles in ensuring that people around him registered
as voters.
Olori Adenike Tadashe disclosed that in order to ensure that
more people were registered throughout Ogun State; additional
20 registration centres had been approved and were in
operation.
On the complaint that those that registered since 2015 were
yet to collect their permanent voters card, she revealed that
periodical announcements were being made to invite the
registered voters to collect their permanent documents in the
designated centers, explaining that corrections were made to
ensure that those that had problems with their registration
eventually got their permanent voters card.
Olori Adenike Tadashe reassured the Alake that INEC would
not relent in its effort in ensuring that all eligible voters were
registered in Ogun State.
Among the entourage of the INEC Ogun State, were the Olori
Adenike Tadese, HOD Voters’ Education and Publicity, Mrs
Adeola Osikomaya, Gender Officer, Mrs Lara Onabanjo, Voters
Education Officer, Mr Dansu Ronald, Media and Publicity
Officer, Mr Opeyemi Ajayi, CSO/People with Disability Desk
Officer, Itunu Faleye, Protocol Officer.
The Egba Traditonal Ruler and Chiefs that joined the Alake in
receiving the INEC officials were Onijaiye of Ijaye titun Oba
Nofiu, the Bobagbero, Chief Lanre Adebo and the Aare
Baaroyin, Olootu Layi Labode.