The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday. October 27, 2021 assured Nigerians of its preparedness for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
The Commission also said it will not compromise the security of its staff and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to be deployed for Anambra Governorship Election.
While addressing a joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on INEC, the commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said ad-hoc staff of the agency have been fully trained for the poll.
The INEC chairman also noted that relevant election materials have been deployed to all local governments in Anambra. He also assured the committee that INEC has recovered from the attacks on its facilities, adding that the electoral body is set for the November 6 election.
“We have successfully carried out 12 of the 14 activities we should do; the only outstanding activities are on the last day of campaigns by political parties which are going to be in the next eight days, and the election proper on the 6th of November,” he said.
“We have recovered from the series of attacks on our facilities, and I am happy to say that we have deployed all relevant materials not only to Awka but all the local government areas.
“We have trained the requisite number of ad-hoc staff for the election and we have also mobilised the transport owners for logistics. As far as INEC is concerned, we are prepared,” Professor Yakubu declared.
He appealed to all critical stakeholders to rally round the commission and give their maximum cooperation towards successful conduct of the election.
“The commission needs a safe and secure environment for efficient and professional deployment of staff and materials.
“We must realise that young men and women doing their National Youth Service form the bulk of our Presiding Officers.
“Some of them are the only sons and daughters of their parents. Some of them graduated from school through determined perseverance in the face of hardship.
“Some of them are the products of community effort while some of them did menial jobs to graduate”.
“We, therefore, have a responsibility to protect them in the performance of this national assignment”.
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