The Independent National Electoral Commission , 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.
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. “As we said repeatedly, we are concerned about the prevailing insecurity and election-related violence in the three states. We have been reassured of adequate deployment by the security agencies.”
While declaring that both tests were successful, the INEC chairman said the umpire looks forward to improved performance of the BVAS in voter accreditation and result upload in the forthcoming elections. He added that the commission’s reports of both the 2023 general election and the outcome of its review of the election were being finalised.