The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday said
it has taken delivery of 20 million permanent voter’s cards for 2015 general
elections in the country.
Mr Gabriel Ada, the Resident Electoral Commission (REC), in charge of
Akwa Ibom, disclosed this in Uyo at a stakeholders meeting organised by the
Commission.
He said the voters’ card would help to phase out the temporary voters
card in the system.
The REC said the feature of the permanent voter’s card included a
micro-chip with bio-data of every voter.
Other features, according to him, include a readable card which every
registered voter would present at the polling unit before being allowed to
vote.
Ada said the equipment was designed to record the total number of
people that are accredited and the total votes cast at each polling unit during
elections.
He said the initiative would help to fashion out irregularities in the
system and also check unhealthy activities of desperate politicians during
election.
The REC said that INEC had restructured the Commission to enhance its
operations.
Ada said over 6,000 field officers have been employed to help
institutionalise core values in the organisation.
The Head of Department, Electoral Operation INEC, Mr Michael Odey
delivered a paper entitled, “the concept of Constituency Delimitation, at the
stakeholders meeting.
He said the commission has concluded arrangement to commence delimitation
of constituencies in the country.
He called on the stakeholders to collaborate with the commission to
enable it perform its obligations.
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