The National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Festus Okoye, has reacted to the trending news that the commission had a contract with leader of the NURTW faction, Mc Oluomo. During an interview with Channels TV, Okoye said that the commission has no contract with the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers or the National Association of Road Transport Owners.
He clarified that they only had a memorandum of understanding with the individual drivers, and not the union.“For the 2023 general election, this commission is going to hire at least 138,000 vehicles and we have hired vehicles in the past. This commission is going to hire at least 4000 boats; we have hired boats in the past. And we’re going to hire over 88,000 motorcycles.
“Now, the commission enters into individual contracts with the vehicle owners. We do not enter into any form of contract with the union. What we have with the National Union of Road Transport Workers, and with the National Association of Road Transport Owners, and with the Marine Unions, is what we call a Memorandum of Understanding.
“We don’t enter into contracts with them. So, the issue of the name of an individual being mentioned, to the effect that the individual is going to provide all the vehicles the commission needs for the purposes of this election is just mischief, it’s just mischievous. We have contracts with individual drivers. What the union does for us is that we enter into an MoU with them, and sometimes in a situation where an individual driver absconds, they help us locate the driver. In a situation where a driver does not turn up on time, they know their members, they help us find out why the individual has not turned up on time.”
Acknowledging that the NURTW has been banned in some states, Okoye said, “but they do not convey materials for us. It’s the individual drivers that convey materials for us.”
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