Komisiyar Zabe Mai Zaman Kasa (INEC) ta yi kira ga manema labarai da su guji yada labaran karya kafin, lokacin da bayan zaben gwamnan jihar Ondo da zai gudana a ranar 16 ga watan Nuwamba.
Wakilin Kwamishinan Kasa na INEC da kuma Shugaban Kwamitin Bayar da Bayani ga Masu Kada Kuri’u (IVEC), Sam Olumekun, ya bayyana haka a wani taro da aka shirya domin haduwa da manema labarai a Akure, babban birnin jihar Ondo.
Olumekun, wanda aka wakilce shi ta hanyar Kwamishinar Zabe na Jihar Ondo, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, ya ce manema labarai suna da mahimmanci ga dimokuradiyya, kuma zaben dimokuradiyya bai yiwu ba ba tare da manema labarai ba.
Ya kuma yi kira ga manema labarai da su kasance masu shakkuwai lokacin da suke yada labarai, musamman wadanda suka shafi ayyukan INEC da tsarin zabe. “Ku yi shakkuwai da kuyi kiyayya a lokacin da kuke tabbatar da kowace bayani kafin ku yada shi, haka zaku iya taka rawar gani wajen hana yada labaran karya da kuma tabbatar da cewa jama’a suna samun bayanan gaskiya da kuwa na dogonkuwa,” in ya ce.
Administrative Secretary na INEC a jihar Ondo, Mr Biodun Amosun, ya bayyana cewa taron ya kasance don bayar da bayanan kammala game da hanyoyin da za a bi wajen gudanar da zaben. “Mun shirya matakan daidaitawa domin tabbatar da gudanar da zaben cikakke, gaskiya, da kuma gaskiya, kuma aikin ku na mahimmanci wajen kaiwa ga burinmu,” in ya ce.
Olumekun ya kuma bayyana cewa INEC, tare da hadin gwiwa da hukumomin tsaro, sun shirya matakan tsaro domin kare amincin manema labarai da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki a zaben. “Tsaro za a ajiye a dukkan wuraren zabe, cibiyoyin taro na sauran wuraren muhimma a jihar. Amincin manema labarai da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki a zaben shi ne babban burinmu, kuma muna kammala imani cikin gudanar da zaben da aminci da tsaro,” in ya ce.
