ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said it is ready for the governorship election in Anambra slated for Nov. 6.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the commission stated this at a meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committee INEC and Electoral Matters to engage with the commission over the forthcoming election in Abuja on Wednesday.
“We have recovered from the series of attacks on our facilities and I am happy to say that we have deployed all the non-sensitive materials to all the local government areas.
“As far as INEC is concerned, we are good to go on Nov. 6.
“With the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Anambra that includes a little over 5,000 that applied for replacement of cards and intra-state and inter-state transfers.
“We have a little over 81,000 valid registrants.
“We have trained the requisite number of ad-hoc staff for the election and we have also mobilised members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) for efficient distribution of materials on Election Day,” Yakubu said.
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