From Harry Awurumibe in Ado-Ekiti
Determined to conduct a free, fair and credible election in Ekiti state on Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive election materials to the 16 Local Government Areas LGAs) of the state.
Prompt News can confirm that the Commission has been on top of its game by executing all the Ekiti state governorship election timelines without default, including the transportation of election materials to their final destinations in Ekiti.
It was observed that the materials were distributed at the INEC State Office in Ado Ekiti in the presence of journalists, political parties and security agents to the electoral officers across the 16 local government area of the state.
Dr. Adeniran Tella, the Resident Electoral Commissioner who distributed the materials said the Electoral Ifficers would take the items to their Councils where they would be sent to the Polling Units on Saturday morning.
Dr. Tella gave assurance that there would be no late arrival of materials to Polling Units on election day, adding that the ballot papers were coded in different colours for each local government in order to prevent electoral fraud.
He added that the result sheets were also customised according to each polling unit.
Some of the party agents at the centre praised INEC for the transparent manner in which the materials were distributed.
Some of the election materials distributed were by INEC to the LGAs on Thursday include Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machines; Ballot papers,; Result sheets; Booklets; Forms EC 8A, B, C, D,E, forms EC 4zero G, 4 zero G1 and 2 respectively.
