The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive materials to the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT ahead of Saturday’s’ elections.
The distribution exercise, which is taking place at the old Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN branch in Abuja is being supervised by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aminu Idris amid heavy deployment of security personnel.
Party agents, security operatives, and representatives of civil society organisations are present at the venue to monitor the movement of the materials to their various destinations.
The sensitive materials distributed include the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, Forms EC8A, Ballot papers, Result sheets which, according to the Commission, will be moved to the various Registration Area Centres, RACs ahead of the election.
At a short briefing with journalists, INEC explained that the early distribution of materials was part of measures to ensure that the voting commenced on time on Saturday across the area councils.
The electoral umpire says it had made comprehensive preparations in collaboration with political parties, security agencies, civil society organisations and other key stakeholders to conduct and ensure a transparent, free, fair and credible polls.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
