We'll begin guber, state Assembly polls at the same time nationwide

We'll begin guber, state Assembly polls at the same time nationwide - INEC vows

- The forthcoming governorship and state Assembly polls, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will commence by 8am nationwide

- INEC made the promise of commencing the Saturday, March 9, elections at uniform time all over the country

- The electoral body also assured voters of being ready to conduct free, fair and smooth elections, using smart card readers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given assurance that there would be uniform timing in the commencement of the governorship and state Assembly elections nationwide.

Festus Okoye, the INEC national commissioner in-charge of Enugu/Anambra/Benue states, gave the assurance on Tuesday, March 5, in Enugu, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Okoye, who spoke to newsmen on the preparedness of the commission for the polls, also said that there would be full deployment of the smart card readers nationwide.

He said that the commission was ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections, adding that it had fine-tuned all the loose-ends encountered during the presidential and National Assembly polls.

He said: “This time around, we want to ensure that each polling unit in the federation starts the process at 8 a.m. dot on the day of the elections.

“So we want to make sure that all our ad-hoc staff and materials got to the polling units before 7.30 a.m..

“And the usage of the smart card readers will be universal in all the polling units.

“Any polling unit where the people or political thugs did not allow the presiding officer to use the smart card reader will get zero vote.”

Okoye advised presiding officers to remain calm in the face of any threats from any quarters at the polling units but score that polling unit zero vote at the collation centre.

He warned that the commission would no longer tolerate the killing, maiming or injuring of its ad hoc staff, who might be corps members serving their fatherland.

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“We have discussed with the Inspector-General of Police “to ensure that all our staff members, including the ad-hoc staff, are given adequate protection from violent attacks during the polls.

““The commission will protect its own with every passion and means it can muster,’’ he said. Okoye, who is the head of publicity at the commission, further appealed to Nigerians to come out en mass to exercise their civic duty on March 9.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that INEC had insisted that it would use the smart card readers for the governorship and state assembly elections.

The electoral body restated this commitment in a statement on Tuesday, March 5, signed by Festus Okoye, its national commissioner.

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