2027: INEC receives non-sensitive election materials in Plateau

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INEC in Plateau State says it has received non-sensitive materials for the 2027 general elections and has begun sorting them for distribution. Read More:…

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Plateau State says it has received virtually all non-sensitive materials required for the 2027 general elections and commenced sorting and batching them for distribution to the 17 local government areas of the state.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Professor Samuel Egwu, disclosed this on Friday while briefing journalists at the commission’s headquarters in Jos on its preparations for the 2027 general elections.

“Virtually all the non-sensitive materials required for the 2027 elections have been brought to Plateau State.

“What we have done, as soon as we receive them, is to batch them local government by local government so that they can move without difficulty,” Egwu said.

Egwu said Electoral Officers were central to the successful conduct of the elections, describing them as the pillars of the electoral process at the local government level.

“Electoral Officers are very important because they are the pillars of the elections we conduct. They work at the local government level,” he said.

He added that the commission had commenced various training programmes for different categories of electoral personnel, including Electoral Officers who were not trained during the 2023 general elections.

The REC, however, urged eligible voters in the state to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, saying the commission had two major categories of uncollected cards.

“The first generation were those that were with us before the 2023 general elections, and there are about 95,000 of them.

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