INEC Affirms Readiness For By-Elections In C’River

The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) in Cross River State, Dr Emmanuel Hart says the commission is ready to conduct free, fair and transparent process  during the Oct. 31, Senatorial and State Assembly by-elections in the state.
He said this on Monday in Calabar at a meeting with the media and the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee for Election Security (ICCES) as part of readiness  for the forthcoming elections.
The by-elections are in Cross River North Senatorial district to replace the late Sen. Rose Oko and in Obudu State Constituency which had the late Assemblyman, Godwin Akwaji, as its legislator.
“We have 459,487 registered voters; 51 registeration areas; and 565 polling units,” Hart said.
According to him, the commission has  taken delivery of non-sensitive materials and distributed them to the local government areas.
“We are waiting for the sensitive materials which are expected in the week of the election,” he said.
He also said that 15 political parties would participate in the elections: nine for the senatorial election and six for the house of assembly election.