{"id":69405,"date":"2023-02-18T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=69405"},"modified":"2023-02-18T18:46:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:46:10","slug":"inec-promises-to-conduct-credible-elections-in-niger-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/inec-promises-to-conduct-credible-elections-in-niger-state\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Promises To Conduct Credible Elections In Niger State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"H_1BObGP iz_FF\" data-test-id=\"message-group-content\" data-touch-scroll-enabled=\"true\">\n<div class=\"k_w jb_7ceA d_93qVS D_F ek_BB\">\n<div class=\"U_fq7 em_N\" data-test-id=\"message-card\">\n<div class=\"U_6MGW\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO iy_A\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6Fd5 N_6Fd5\">\n<div data-test-id=\"message-body\">\n<div id=\"yiv0742221021\">\n<div>Olabode Adaramola<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has recruited over 21,000 personnel\u00a0 in its preparation to conduct the forthcoming general election\u00a0 in Niger State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner In charge of the state, Alhaji Ahmed Yusha\u2019u Garki gave the assurance\u00a0 during an expanded\u00a0 stakeholders meeting\u00a0 in Minna\u00a0 the State Capital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Resident Electoral Commissioner said the\u00a0 meeting with the Stakeholders was in continuation of its series of consultation towards a successful election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0Garki stated further that already, 95 percent of non sensitive materials for the conduct of the elections in the state have been moved to some of\u00a0 the\u00a0 local government areas of the state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201c25 Out of the 479\u00a0 candidates contesting for various elective positions in the state are females representing 5.2\u00a0 percent\u201d.added the REC<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to Garki, \u201cNiger state presently\u00a0 has about 2 7 Million registered voters out of which 42 .7 percent are females while 57.3 percent are males,afer the\u00a0 Continuous Voter Registration exercise\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said the commission was making arrangements to conduct elections in identified Internally Displaced Persons( IDPs)\u00a0 voting centres so that such persons would not be disenfranchised.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He also mentioned\u00a0 that it would not conduct elections in 10 polling units across three 3 local government areas of the\u00a0 State as a result of absence of voters in the units.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says, \u201cThe affected polling units are in Kontagora, Magama and Mashegu local government areas\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Representatives of The Christains Association Of Nigeria,CAN, Jama\u2019atul Nasril Islam, (JNI) Political parties and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that attended the stakeholders meeting emphasised on peace and security during the conduct of the General election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Youth Service Corp, NYSC Coordinator in the State, Alhaji Mohammed Kaura urged the INEC and security agencies to provide adequate security for corps members that would participate in the election exercise.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Representative of the Commissioner of Police in Niger State Command,\u00a0 CP Ogundele Ayodeji, who pointed out that the command had already dispatched the intelligent teams to various local government areas where the elections would be conducted, reiterated that the command had put in place necessary measures that would ensure that 2023 general election in the state was free and fair.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; 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