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15,000 ballot boxes, 10,000 card readers ready in Lagos

Published by The Nation on Thu, 29 Jan 2015


The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos State, Akin Orebiyii, has said 15,000 ballot boxes, 10,000 smart card readers, generators and other election materials have been delivered to the state.Orebiyii, who spoke at a stakeholders meeting organised by the police, said the state was among those with low turnout in PVCs collection.The REC said of the four million PVCs available, only 2.3million have been collected.He said to make the collection process easier, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had extended distribution points to the 245 collation centres, an improvement to the 20 INEC local government offices that were usually used.Orebiyii urged politicians to ensure that their supporters come forward for the PVCs,noting that the commission has no plan to allow people vote with Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs).He said: INEC is ready to conduct this election. We have made all necessary preparations and even provided for plan B.Let me use this opportunity to apologise to the people on the issue of the PVCs.But here in Lagos, we have had four million PVCs of the total 5.9 million registered voters and only 2.3 million have been collected.We have gotten 139 boxes of PVCs. People have not been coming to collect them.Those who registered in 2011 and whose PVCs are ready for collection should go and collect them.For those who registered in 2011, who saw their names on the displayed register at the polling units, their cards will be at thecollection centres next week.INEC has not disenfranchised anyone, group, political party or any part of the country.We do not know what party they will vote for or where they will be on election days.He added that the commission has made it impossible for any individual or group to influence the electoral process through the introduction of the smart card readers.The REC said the card readers will be used to authenticate a PVC during accreditation and eradicate multiple voting.Any plan to undermine the electoral process will not work because we have also made alternative plans to combat likely challenges.Sensitive materials will be in serial numbers and colour coded.They will be moved in advance. On February 11, the materials will be delivered to INEC by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).The following day, they will leave the state office to INECs 20 local government offices and on February 13, the materials will be moved to the 245 registration area camps.On election day, accreditation will start by 8am and close by 1pm. Voting will begin at 1:30pm, until the last accredited person has voted.At the meeting were the Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, Senators Oluremi Tinubu and Gbenga Ashafa, representatives of the Army, Navy, Airforce, DSS, Immigration and NDLEA; governorship candidates, including All Progressives Congress (APCs) Akinwunmi Ambode and People Democratic Partys (PDPs) Jimi Agbaje.In his welcome address, Aderanti reminded participants that the choice to make or mar the elections rest with them.This time call for statesmanship from the politicians who I must state should rise above sentiments of any leaning and properly educate your supporters to play by the rule and shun violence, thuggery and other nuisance that are beginning to rear their ugly head.On our side, we are prepared and ready to play our part to the best of our ability.Let me once again assure you all of our neutrality and non partisanship in this venture that I think is beyond just a general election but a critical test of our unity as a nation.High point of the event was the signing of peace pact by the candidates and their parties.The post 15,000 ballot boxes, 10,000 card readers ready in Lagos appeared first on The Nation.]]>
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