By Opeyemi Aremu-Gbemiro/
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Governorship Election in Ekiti.
The materials were distributed at the INEC State Office in Ado Ekiti in the presence of journalists, political parties, and security agents to the electoral officers across the 16 local government areas of the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Adeniran Tella, who distributed the materials said the electoral officers would take the items to their councils where they would be sent to the polling units on Saturday morning.
He gave assurance that there would be no late arrival of materials to polling units on election day.
Tella said that the ballot papers were coded in different colours for each local government to prevent electoral fraud.
He added that the result sheets were also customized according to each polling unit.
Some of the party agents at the Centre lauded INEC for the transparent way the materials were distributed.
Some of the materials distributed were: Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BIVAS machines, Ballot Papers, Result Sheets, Booklets, Forms EC 8A, B, C, D, E, Forms EC 4zero G, 4 zero G1 and 2.
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