A Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on INEC will tomoorow meet with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Njenje Media News reports.
The meeting, which was said to have been scheduled to discuss the level of preparedness for the governorship election in Anambra State, is expected to have all heads if security agencies present.
Senate Committee Chairman on INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya, told reporters that the meeting became imperative because of the security situation in the state and its effect on the election outcome.
He stated that INEC has increased the polling units in Anambra from 4,608 to 5,720 to allow better accessibility by the electorate.
The fear, according to Senator Gaya, remains that there are possibilities that the violence currently rocking the state might mar the poll.
In his remarks, Professor Yakubu informed the lawmakers that the commission was prepared for the election scheduled to hold on November 6.
“We have successfully carried out 12 of the 14 activities we should do, the only outstanding activities are on the last day of campaigns by political parties which are going to be in the next eight days, and the election proper on the 6th of November,” he said.
“We have recovered from the series of attacks on our facilities, and I am happy to say that we have deployed all relevant materials not only to Awka but all the local government areas.
“We have trained the requisite number of ad-hoc staff for the election and we have also mobilised the transport owners for logistics. As far as INEC is concerned, we are prepared.”
As at the time of filing this report, the security chiefs were yet to arrive at the meeting venue, nor had any of their representatives addressed the committee.
