INEC Distributes Materials To 23 LGAs Of Kaduna State

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has deployed electoral materials to all the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State for distribution ahead of tomorrow’s Governorship/House of Assembly polls.
INEC’s Public Relations Officer in the state, Alhaji Sani Abdulfatah, told newsmen in Kaduna yesterday that both sensitive and non-sensitive materials had been sorted and moved to the local government areas from where they would be dispatched to the 255 wards and the 5,102 polling units across the state.
“I can tell you that we have virtually addressed all the challenges encountered during the Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly polls,’’ Abdulfatah said.
According to him, 42 political parties are fielding a total of 436 candidates in the race for Governorship and House of Assembly seats in the state.
The INEC official said that 38 political parties are fielding candidates for the governorship election, while 398 others are contesting for the 34 State House of Assembly seats in the state.
The INEC official said that no corps member had been posted as ad-hoc staff to Kajuru and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas due to security situation in those areas.
“Corps members are working as ad-hoc staff in the remaining 21 local government areas,’’ Abdulfatah said.