Anambra Supplementary election: INEC commences distribution of materials

 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of materials for the supplementary governorship election in Anambra scheduled for Nov. 30.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited INEC headquarters in Awka on Thursday, reports that many officials of the commission were seen collecting the materials.
The materials collected include inks and ballot papers, while the result sheets were still being waited for.
An official who spoke to NAN under the condition of anonymity said she was at the headquarters to collect the materials as was directed.
She confirmed that she had collected ink and ballot papers, but that she was yet to collect the result sheets for the exercise.

Mr Frank Egbo, INEC’s Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the distribution of materials in an interview with NAN.
He added that the commission had been having several meetings to ensure that the exercise was hitch-free.
NAN recalls that INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, had announced Nov. 30 as date for the Anambra supplementary election after the commission’s meeting on Nov. 22 in Abuja.
He said the supplementary election would hold in 210 polling units across six local government areas (LGAs) of the state, where elections were cancelled.
Jega had said there were no sufficient grounds or pieces of evidence to warrant a total cancellation of results of the Nov. 16 election which were already announced.(NAN)

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