The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has started the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive election materials across states ahead of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday. In Lagos, INEC on Wednesday began the distribution across the 20 local government areas in from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The election will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the All Progressives Congress candidate is eligible to run for re-election.
BREAKING: Nigerian Electoral Body, INEC Begins Distribution Of Sensitive Materials Ahead Of Saturday PollsIn Lagos, INEC on Wednesday began the distribution across the 20 local government areas in from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The election will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. An official of the commission had disclosed that the machines, being among the sensitive election materials, would be deployed to INEC state offices before deployment to local governments, wards and polling units on election day.
However, INEC had stated that no political party would be permitted to examine the BVAS's brain or voter biometrics.
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