The chairman of the Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC), Lawal Alhassan, during a press briefing on Thursday disclosed that all necessary measures had been taken to ensure the smooth and timely conduct of the polls.
He said, “I wish to let this all-important gathering know that adequate arrangements were made by the commission and other security agencies to transport these materials to their respective destinations intact and safely.
“The commission had this time planned to make the distribution of the sensitive election materials early in order to enable the timely distribution to all the designated centres across the 34 local government areas, 361 political wards, and 6,652 polling units in the state.”
“On behalf of the commission, I call on the electorate to be rest assured that this time around, there will be no issue of late arrival of sensitive election materials to all the polling centres.”
KatsinaMirror independently confirmed from the commission that only five parties will be participating in the LG elections on Saturday.
Meanwhile, our correspondent confirmed that, as at today, Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC) has commenced the distribution of sensitive election materials across the 34 local government areas of the state ahead of Saturday’s local government elections.