Independent
National Electoral Commission ( INEC ) said on Tuesday that it had
deployed over 6, 000 card reader machines to ensure smooth conduct of
the Nov. 18, Anambra governorship election.
Mr Charles Mbanaja, INEC Administrative Secretary in Anambra, made this known in an interview in Awka.
Mbanaja said that out of the machines provided 5,000 had been tested and found to be in good working condition.
The secretary assured stakeholders of
the readiness of the commission to provide a level playing ground to in
all candidates participating in the election and urged politicians to
play by the rules.
He said INEC had embarked on public
enlightenment to sensitise the people on the electoral processes,
especially the voting system to address re-occurring cases of invalid
votes and other related electoral shortcomings during the election.
Mbanaja said that the commission had
also organised a voters’ education forum, which was attended by
stakeholders in the electoral process in a bid to ensure smooth conduct
of the polls.
He called on the people of the state to
cooperate with the INEC to ensure that the election was hitch free,
free, fair and acceptable.
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