The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday in Abuja, said it would deploy 46,084 staff for the conduct of the November 11, 2023, governorship polls in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC), said about 126 national and international organisations collectively deploying 11,000 observers for the election have been accredited by the commission for the polls.
Disclosing that non-sensitive materials for the election had been delivered to the three states, Yakubu said the commission learnt valuable lessons from the 2023 general election for improved performance in the forthcoming elections.
He added the three elections would involve 5,409,438 registered voters that would vote in 10,510 polling units spread across 649 electoral Wards in 56 local councils.
Yakubu said: “While we are leaving no stone…
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