The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has started taking delivery of sensitive electoral materials for the conduct of the general elections. Also, the different zonal stores and offices of INEC at state and local government offices are presently taking delivery of non-sensitive materials. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who made this known at a media briefing in Abuja assured that the commission remains committed to a transparent electoral process. He made this clarification during the signing of peace accord by political parties, candidates and other stakeholders in Uyo. “We recorded 2,119,727 registered voters in the state and over 1.6 million have collected their PVCs for the exercise.

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 04:16 UTC