By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)
Ahead of February general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced distribution of non - sensitive materials to all the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State.
Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Uthman Ajidagba, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, while inspecting the vehicles hired to convey the materials from INEC State headquarters.
He said the items were expected to arrive at the local government offices of the Commission early enough before the elections to reduce the work load of the commission ahead of the election.
Dr. Uthman Ajidagba explained that the deployment of the non sensitive materials which is the second level, was to allow timely distribution of materials to Registration Area Centres as well as the Electoral Wards across the state. He noted that as the general election inches closer, INEC had stepped up preparations to ensure a hitch free exercise in all the polling units.
"The INEC material ready for distribution include mats, ballot boxes, voters cubicles and election bags. We are undertaking the early distribution to reduce the workload of the commission in the state", the commissioner declared.
The Commissioner however pointed out that 9, 710 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected in Nasarawa State, stressing that the figure is out of the total number of 122,697 PVCs meant for distribution to eligible voters in the state for the 2023 General Election. NNL.
