The Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Gabriel Ada on Thursday said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will deploy 10, 000 personnel for the conduct of the Saturday’s re-run election in the state.
Speaking with newsmen on the arrangement of the exercise in Uyo, the state capital, Ada said out of the 10, 000 personnel, 3,500 were ad hoc while the rest were INEC and security officials.
He confirmed the receipt of sensitive materials like the ballot papers and result sheets, adding that they would be sent to the registration centres after sorting.
“Right now, we have had series of meetings with stakeholders of political parties; we had three meetings.
“They have assured us that they will cooperate with INEC and security agents to make this election hitch-free; they have even gone to the extent of signing peace accord,” he said.
Noting that card readers would be used during the conduct of the election, Ada said, “to verify whether the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) belong to INEC and the holder of the card.’’
He said that both accreditation and voting would be done simultaneously.
-dailypost