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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that sensitive materials for the 2023 general elections are in the custody of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

This was disclosed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye, to our correspondent on Tuesday.

It would be recalled that individuals and groups in 2022 raised serious concerns about the sanctity of elections materials kept with the CBN, after news about the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, indicating interest to contest for the country’s presidential seat trended.

As a result, the Chairman, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, on June 4, 2022, said sensitive electoral materials would in the meantime no longer be routed through the CBN.

The INEC chairman noted that the electoral body had never had an issue with the CBN since the partnership started, but due to “current circumstances”, an alternative would be found.

However, Okoye stated that the commission has printed and delivered most of the sensitive materials, such as results and ballot papers, and kept them with the CBN for movement to the commission’s local government offices across the country.

He also noted that INEC had almost concluded the delivery of the non-sensitive materials across the country.

Explaining the delivery of sensitive materials ahead of the forthcoming elections, Okoye said, “The commission is ready for the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections. The commission has taken delivery of the full complement of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System for the 176,846 polling units in Nigeria. The BVAS will be deployed to all the polling units except the 240 polling units that have zero voters. The commission has taken delivery of the redundancies for the 8, 809 Registration Areas and the 774 local government areas of the country.

“The commission has tested the BVAS and carried out mock accreditation and they are fit for purpose in terms of hardware and software upgrades. The process of configuration of the BVAS has commenced and the commission is satisfied with the progress made so far. The BVAS is a sensitive election material and they are in safe locations under heavy security. The BVAS is the ultimate arbiter and game-changer, and Nigerians expect it to perform optimally. The BVAS is the albatross of election riggers and identity thieves and those with false identity should keep away from the polling units.

“The commission has printed and delivered the bulk of the sensitive materials meant for the conduct of national elections, in terms of result sheets and ballot papers. These materials have been deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria, awaiting movement to the various local government offices of the commission. The commission has almost concluded the delivery of the non-sensitive materials and they are presently being batched in accordance with the Registration Areas. The training of various categories of ad hoc staff has commenced and the commission is satisfied with the progress made so far.”

When asked if INEC had accredited and given tags to election observers, Okoye stated, “Domestic and international observers applied for accreditation using the Commissions Observer and Party Agents Portal. The commission does not distribute domestic observer tags in the headquarters.

The observers are domiciled in particular local governments and states based on their strength, presence, and geographical coverage. The observer tags are collected at the state level and a few days to the election, these tags will be made available at the state level. The same thing applies to polling agents’ tags.”

Source: https://punchng.com/U-turn-INEC-to-keep-sensitive-election-materials-with-CBN

Confused nation

They do not have much choice. CBN is their best bet

Hope no hanky-panky!

Make the materials no dey scarce during election day like naira

Guys wey no get girlfriend get peace of mind

Emefiele 😂😂😂
Tinubu urchins go cry kpaaa kpaaa

Humm

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With Same Biased CBN..??
With the Partisan Emefiele at the Head.??

I'm thinking Emefiele created this naira crisis to destabilize the entire nation because he wasn't allowed to run for presidency.

If true, this guy fit burn these inec materials in his care o.....

wahala be like wetin again?

adenigga:
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Source: https://punchng.com/U-turn-INEC-to-keep-sensitive-election-materials-with-CBN

E don red for Tinubu

nairalee:
I'm thinking Emefiele created this naira crisis to destabilize the entire nation because he wasn't allowed to run for presidency.

If true, this guy fit burn these inec materials in his care o.....

wahala be like wetin again?

You go wail tire 😃


I'm sure you would prefer them to be kept with Mc Oluomo.

The heat is on

Urchins won’t like this o.
Their heart will be beating so fast now on seeing this thread.

The reign of CBN continues...used to be DSS

Normal as it should be.

Peter Obi's plan for Nigeria:
https://www.nairaland.com/870945/what-exactly-peter-obi-doing

Let's see how some hypocrites would defend this now.

God bless INEC... God Bless Emefiele A.K.A onye mpiawa azụ

No, comman keep it in IPOB house nah

Omor it is getting more sweeter

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Lol

K

CBN wea dey suffer citizens

lecowas:


Lol

E dey sweet u now, I hope e go sweet u when the tide changes, u no go dey cry marginalization as usual

I hope e go even sweet u better after dem declare that same BAT as president

Nobody will definitely cry marginalization when BAT is declared president of the Iragbiji town union

Funny comments up there.


Breaking up with someone is an art. Even if you don't love the person as to marry them, I'm sure you love them to be alive at least.

Learn the art of breaking up with someone, and medical Implications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZQbBClOJI

The same incompetent CBN?