{"id":64921,"date":"2019-02-20T22:15:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64921"},"modified":"2019-02-20T22:15:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T21:15:34","slug":"inec-says-deployment-of-sensitive-materials-end-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/inec-says-deployment-of-sensitive-materials-end-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Says Deployment of Sensitive Materials End Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m6789967493847134751\" class=\"mail-message \">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m3336528463136305827\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will complete<br \/>\nthe deployment of sensitive election material to the nation\u2019s 774 local<br \/>\ngovernment areas for the Saturday elections by Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while addressing reporters on Wednesday in<br \/>\nAbuja said the commission was making good progress on logistics for the<br \/>\nrescheduled elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI briefed you yesterday that having moved the sensitive materials to the<br \/>\n36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, the forward deployment to the<br \/>\n774 LGAs nationwide will commence today Wednesday, Feb. 20 and be<br \/>\nconcluded tomorrow Thursday, Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlready, ten states; Adamawa, Anambra, Benue, Ekiti, Jigawa, Katsina,<br \/>\nOsun, Ogun, Oyo, and Taraba States have commenced the movement of<br \/>\nmaterials to LGAs today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther states will do so and conclude tomorrow. We will give a full<br \/>\nrendition of movement to LGAs across all states of the Federation<br \/>\ntomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been making good progress on logistics. Similarly, all other<br \/>\narrangements for the movement of personnel from the LGAs to the Wards are<br \/>\non course. We will fully brief you tomorrow at 3 pm.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yakubu also disclosed that the commission had achieved 100 per cent<br \/>\ncompletion of the configuration of the Smart Card Readers for the<br \/>\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Card Readers were introduced in the 2015 general elections to<br \/>\nfacilitate the accreditation of voters using the PVCs. They are configured<br \/>\nto specific polling units, and only open for use at 8 am on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey automatically shut down by 10 pm to forestall any illegal use before<br \/>\nthe appointed time of elections. I am pleased to report that we have now<br \/>\nachieved 100 per cent completion of the configuration. We are good to go<br \/>\non this score.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He added that INEC state offices had fully complied with the directive to<br \/>\ninvite stakeholders to the Central Bank of Nigeria to examine the<br \/>\nretrieved materials deployed last week and to witness their distributions<br \/>\nto LGAs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yakubu said that the commission had made specific arrangement on<br \/>\ndeployment and security of election materials and personnel in the<br \/>\nriverine areas to ensure that elections also start on time there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made an elaborate arrangement with boat owners as well as the<br \/>\nsecurity forces that would accompany our materials and personnel.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yakubu, who said that the commission was not under any pressure, said<br \/>\nthe fact that some of the political parties were making<br \/>\ncounter-accusations over INEC process was normal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will complete the deployment of sensitive election material to the nation\u2019s 774 local government areas for the Saturday elections by Thursday. 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