COUNTDOWN TO INEC distributes sensitive materials to LGs

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Abdul Ganiyu Olayinka Raji, said yesterday that the commission has distributed sensitive materials for tomorrow’s governorship election to all the 16 local governments in the state.

Speaking with journalists in his office, Raji said the materials were collected at the Central Bank of Nigeria branch office in Ado Ekiti in the presence of representatives of all political parties before dispatching them to the various destinations accompanied by eight senior INEC officials.

According to him, the materials were monitored directly in his office through official vehicle tracker connected to a giant television screen which indicated the movement of the materials until all got to the respective 16 LG headquarters of the state.

The commissioner disclosed that Ekiti State has 913,334 voters out of which 646, 000 collected their PV cards while about 250,000 are yet to.

He explained that all the processes used by the commission were transparent with the involvement of representatives of all parties participating in the election.

“We have 35 political parties participating in this gubernatorial election though 40 political parties initially notified us of their participation, but at the last minutes only 35 parties are participating,” he stated.