Some Election Observers, APGA and UPP, who monitored the deployment of materials by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Anambra, have commended the commission for the timely and transparent manner of the exercise.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews in Awka on Friday that the distribution had so far been credible.
Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform, said, “in the distribution of materials, this is the first election that INEC was on time in terms of pushing out both sensitive and non-sensitive materials to the different local government areas.
“In Oyi Local Government Area for instance, INEC officials were ready early enough that they had to wait for some party agents before distributing the sensitive materials.
“Almost all the places we visited, materials were already on ground,” he said.
Nwagwu, however, expressed concern over the ploy to substitute trained ad hoc staff with untrained people, especially in Ontisha North Local Government Area.
He urged the commission to guard against such a ploy which was raised by concerned parties in the election in order not to jeopardise the credibility of the entire exercise.
Also, Mr Samson Itodo, the Executive Director of Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement, noted that election materials all left accompanied by security officials. (NAN)
They told the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews in Awka on Friday that the distribution had so far been credible.
Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform, said, “in the distribution of materials, this is the first election that INEC was on time in terms of pushing out both sensitive and non-sensitive materials to the different local government areas.
“In Oyi Local Government Area for instance, INEC officials were ready early enough that they had to wait for some party agents before distributing the sensitive materials.
“Almost all the places we visited, materials were already on ground,” he said.
Nwagwu, however, expressed concern over the ploy to substitute trained ad hoc staff with untrained people, especially in Ontisha North Local Government Area.
He urged the commission to guard against such a ploy which was raised by concerned parties in the election in order not to jeopardise the credibility of the entire exercise.
Also, Mr Samson Itodo, the Executive Director of Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement, noted that election materials all left accompanied by security officials. (NAN)
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