Edo Governorship Postponement

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that it will make fresh payments to 19,000 staff as a result of the postponement of the Edo State governorship election.

In his statement, He(Dazang) said INEC had already anticipated for the election, and only to adhere to the security agencies advised it to shift the poll the last stage of preparation.

He said.“We are calling back about 19,000 staff, we have to pay them again and we might consider retraining them ahead of election, so that they will remember some of the things that we have taught them. That is money, We have to pay them allowances for coming back to conduct the election".

“We might have to reprint one or two of the sensitive materials to reflect the new date. Thankfully, as of the time our attention was called to the advisory, we had not distributed some of the materials.”

He also stated that the development would not affect the conduct of the election in any way “The postponement of the election did not in any way change our preparedness for the election, neither has it changed our resolve to conduct freection,” he said.
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hmm

2011 wen elections were postponed by one week, nothing was reprinted

Kobo wise, Naira foolish....
the elections will eventually hold someday.....