The Independent National Electoral Commission has set criteria that must be met by political parties before holding public rallies for the Edo and Ondo state governorship polls.

The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), FESTUS OKOYE, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, said before holding any rally, political parties must give INEC a seven-day  notice.

OKOYE said INEC had informed political parties that their guidelines for campaigns must conform with the Nigeria Center for Diseases Control protocols, including social distancing and use of face masks.

The National Commissioner also disclosed that the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 had nominated one of its senior officials who would be part of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security chaired by the INEC chairman and the National Security Adviser.