BY DAHIRU SULEIMAN, DUTSE.
No fewer than 20,000 adhoc staff are been expected to partake in today’s Presidential and National Assembly poll in Jigawa state as all is now set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) towards hosting a rancor free, fair, and credible elections, the state REC Commissioner, Dr. Muhamud Isa has stated.
Addressing a press conference at the commission’s premises in Dutse, he said ‘ I am happy to announce to you that we have retrieved all our materials earlier lodged in custody of the CBN as directed by our head office that based on the posponement of elections last Saturday, all sensitive materials be kept in the custody of the CBN.’
Other measures include the disbursement of election materials to all the 27 LGA’s across Jigawa state, posting of at-least twenty thousand INEC ad- hock staff to 2,876 polling units, despatch of all INEC staff among other preparations to ensure smooth conduct of the exercise.
Similarly, the commission has vowed to engage the services of an effective synergy as a common pool amongst the commission staff, the security personnel, among other stakeholders all geared towards ensuring a hitch free poll.
Dr. Isa assured of the commission’s readiness to be transparent, committed, fair, and just among the different participating political parties during the general elections.
Furthermore he assured that there will be no cause for alarm, “since we have successfully despatched all election materials in all the designated councils across Jigawa state, in addition to posting electoral officers and security personnel to ensure free atmosphere during the excercise.”