By Our Reporter
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has sent serious warning to both staff and Ad-hoc ones not to hide election materials on the governorship election day or they go to prison
The Anambra state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Queen Elizabeth Agwu, said that the commission will be up and doing on the November 8 governorship election in every ward in the state to make sure such reports don’t arise
Agwu, while briefing the reporyers, said on some occasions, voters would complain of seeing the electoral officials without seeing the materials,adding that such will never be tolerated again.
Again, she announced that the Continuous Voter Registration CVR excercise which will kick off in the state on July 8 to 17 will not hold on Mondays
This, according to her, is not as a result of anything but just to give the residents enough time to prepare adequately for the next day after hard weekend works.
Mondays in the Southeast zone are observed as sit-at- home, as announced some years ago by the Biafra agitators.
The sit-at-home exercise has instilled fear in the Southeast residents as hoodlums use the day to harass, intimidate and kill innocent citizens
Meanwhile, the REC, said the new CVR will not be used for the bye-election for Anambra South senatorial and Onitsha North 1 constituency elections on the August 16, but for the governorship on November 8
She said the second phase of the exercise that commences after the bye-election on August 16 and ends on August 26 will be for the 2027 Presidential election
Agwu, said everything for both the bye-election and the November 8 governorship elections are ready, while the BVAs had been charged and tested too without any problems
“We are ready for the elections, everything has been supplied to us. I’m only begging the residents of the state to come forward for the CVR because you’re doing disservice to your self, the state and the nation if you do not come out and vote on the election day” Agwu said
She said Anambra INEC had received 326 Scanners for the CVR registration from the national headquarters, adding that they would be distributed with the configured BVAs.
