The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has begun the distribution of non-sensitive materials to all 13 local government areas in Nasarawa State ahead of the February general elections.
Dr. Uthman Ajidagba, Nasarawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, disclosed this Tuesday in Lafia while inspecting the vehicles hired to transport materials from INEC state headquarters.
He stated that the items were expected to arrive at the commission's local government offices early enough before the elections to reduce the workload if the commission ahead of the election.
Dr. Uthman Ajidagba explained that the deployment of nonsensitive materials at the second level was to allow for timely distribution to Registration Area Centres and Electoral Wards across the state, noting that the general election was approaching, INEC had stepped up preparations to ensure hitch-free exercise in all the polling units.
“The INEC material ready for distribution include mats, ballot boxes, voters cubicles, and election bags. We are undertaking the early distribution to reduce the workload of the commission in the state”, the commissioner declared.
The Commissioner pointed out that 9, 710 Permanent Voter Cards are yet to be collected in Nasarawa State stressing that the figure is out of the total number of 122,697 PVCs meant for distribution to eligible voters in the state for the 2023 General Election.