The national assembly joint committee on the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the commission is free to use
electronic means to transmit results in the forthcoming Anambra election.
The governorship election has been fixed for November 6.
Speaking with reporters on Wednesday after meeting with
officials of the commission and stakeholders in Abuja, Kabiru Gaya, chairman of
the senate committee on INEC, said results in Edo and Ondo governorship
elections were transmitted electronically.
“It is left for INEC to decide whether it will transfer the
election results in Anambra or not,” the senator said.
“They have done that in the previous elections in Edo and
Ondo states. Even before the INEC started transferring election results from
polling units, Nigerians have been monitoring results of elections the moments
they are being announced at polling stations and by 4pm.
“Even before the final results are announced, many Nigerians
would have seen them on the internet. Nigerians are fully involved in
elections.
“We expect the people of the state to cooperate fully with
the electoral body by being law-abiding.”
The chairman said Anambra could only have free, fair, and
credible elections when every stakeholder embraces peace.
Speaking on the level of preparedness for the Anambra poll,
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said the commission has been able to deploy all
the non-sensitive materials in all the LGAs of the state.
“We have recovered from the series of attacks on our facilities
and I am happy to say that we have deployed all the non-sensitive materials to
all the local government areas,” he said.
“We have trained the requisite number of adhoc staff for the
election and we have also mobilized members of the National Union of Road
Transport Workers for efficient distribution of materials on election day. As
far as INEC is concerned, we are good to go on November 6, 2021.”
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