The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Mamood Yakubu has urged staff of the commission in Bayelsa to be diligent and follow electoral guidelines in discharging their responsibilities in the November 16th, governorship election in the state.
Yakubu made the call during an interactive session with staff members of the commission in Yenegoa, Bayelsa state.
He urged them not just to ensure that the election was credible, but also ensure that polling units across the state open at 8am.
He call on the staff to safe guard election materials during the election.
Yakubu said the November 16th governorship election would be a bit different from previous polls in the state in term of number of candidates.
He said that it means the process is expected to be longer than it was in 2015 especially in the collation of results before the final collation at the state headquarters.
Yakubu called for the collaboration among staff to ensure that where there were large concentration of Internally Displaced Persons within the states, they were not disenfranchised in the election.
