Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will deploy no fewer than 2,128 ad hoc staff to help in the conduct of the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 18. It added that the state has 532 polling units.
As part of arrangements for the governorship poll, the commission also said that it would organise four levels of training programme for its personnel that will take part in the election beginning with the training at the state level commencing Wednesday.
Confirming the deployment to THISDAY in a telephone interview at the weekend, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Anambra State, Dr. Nwachukwu Orji, said that although the commission was yet to conclude action on the number of ad hoc staff to be deployed, the practice is that each of the 532 polling stations will be manned by four members of staff.
While giving an update on the arrangements being made by INEC to ensure a smooth conduct of the gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said that 6,200 smart card readers will be deployed for the exercise in line with the number of polling units in the state.
Yakubu also said that a total of 80,439 new voters have been registered in the state in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise.
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