The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has deployed 2,822 the Biometric Voters Accreditation System, BVAS for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT February 12 council elections. It added that 1,373,492 registered voters are expected to participate in the elections for Chairmen and Councillors, in 2,229 polling units .
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu at the distribution of sensitive materials to the area councils said 12,000 ad-hoc staff had also been deployed for the elections. He added that the sensitive materials were collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and brought to INEC FCT office, for distribution to the area councils.
Yakubu also explained to foreign observers that although the election was a local government one and not so big, but the area councils were large areas that could amount to a country.
On his part, INEC’s National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Festus Okoye emphasised that the deployment of the sensitive materials was being observed by representatives of political parties, civil society groups and the media.
Also, Director in charge of Electoral Operations, Abdulrazak Yusuf, said that the sensitive materials included result sheets and ballot papers, customised in different colours according to the area council.
