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…. says 2.803m registered voters to participate
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
ABUJA– The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, connected Tuesday, expressed its readiness for the governorship canvass scheduled to clasp successful Anambra authorities connected November 8.
“We volition defender each the delicate materials similar we defender our lives,” the Anambra State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Queen Elizabeth Agwu, stated astatine a dialog league with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room successful Abuja.
Equally astatine the strategy gathering convened by the Policy & Legal Advocacy Center, PLAC, was a typical of the Commissioner of Police successful Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu.
Speaking connected INEC’s preparedness for the impending poll, the REC, Dr. Agwu, disclosed that a full fig of 2.803 cardinal registered voters are expected to enactment successful the election.
“Before the extremity of this week, astir 140, 907 recently registered voters volition get their Permanent Voters Card,” the REC stated, adding that 978 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines person been reserved for the predetermination that volition instrumentality spot successful 5,720 polling units successful the state.
“All the ballot papers and the effect sheets are polling portion specific. What it means is that you cannot usage a worldly meant for 1 polling portion successful different unit.
“We volition unfastened canvass by 8:30am and adjacent by 2:30pm. That does not mean that those that were already connected queue earlier the closing clip would not beryllium allowed to vote. All those connected the enactment indispensable vote, adjacent if the workout past till 6pm.
“As for the delicate materials, I volition helium astatine the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The Election Official, EO, volition papers what helium received from maine earlier helium goes. The EO indispensable motion for everything helium gets from maine astatine the CBN.
” When the EO gets to the LGA, helium indispensable besides papers what helium gave out. We person charged each the BVAS,” she added.
Continuing, the REC, said: “Some of the materials are safely successful our possession. My store serviceman locked the spot they are kept. I besides bought my ain cardinal and locked the doorway again. It is stored successful a beardown room. You cannot interruption it but you propulsion down the house.
“We person trained each the information personnel. The grooming took spot past week for each the information unit successful the 3 senatorial districts.
“We person 16 governmental parties contesting, with 16 candidates and their deputies. We published the names successful the 21 LGAs and our authorities offices arsenic good arsenic idiosyncratic information and details of the candidates to alteration the nationalist to marque their observations oregon to lodge complaints.
“The instrumentality required that we should people the last list. We person followed everything arsenic provided by law.”
However, she decried the nonaccomplishment of immoderate registered voters to travel retired connected predetermination day.
“Some people, connected the time they are expected to ballot volition alternatively spell to the market. Some volition beryllium successful the brew parlour oregon shot tract permutating who volition triumph and who volition not win.
“To accidental that they don’t privation to ballot due to the fact that their votes volition not count, are specified frivolic assertions. Come retired and ballot first. Out relation arsenic INEC is lone to enactment arsenic the referee,” she added.
On his part, the CP of Anambra state, who was represented by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Ekulu Remijius, assured that determination would beryllium capable information for the election
“We person done each our simulations and they are apical notch. Off ellipse elections usually travel with some positives and negatives.
“Those successful the antagonistic volition privation to infiltrate the state. They whitethorn beryllium sponsored to travel successful to origin mayhem.
“On the affirmative side, it volition besides beryllium flooded with information security operatives, specified that radical whitethorn inquire if it is war.
“On the eve of the election, each the roads volition beryllium blocked. Only those that are accredited with tags volition beryllium allowed to move.
“On the time earlier the election, that is November 7, constabulary volition rotation retired its personnel. We telephone it a amusement of force.
“By the clip you spot what we rotation out, those coming to origin problems volition caution themselves. All the known blackspots volition beryllium raided.
“There are immoderate communities and LGAs successful the authorities that we person identified arsenic blackspots. All the areas volition beryllium raided, particularly wherever hard cause smokers hibernate.
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