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We Are Fully Ready For Bye-Elections – INEC

Ahead of the February 3 bye-elections in Kano State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kano State, has expressed readiness for the conduct of all bye-elections in the state.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Kano State, Mr Abdu Zango said this while addressing stakeholders at its state headquarters in Kano on Tuesday.

According to him, the bye elections would hold in three state constituencies, Kunchi/Tsanyawa, Kura/Garun Malam and Rimin Gado/Tofa in Six local government areas of the state.

According to him, “We are fully ready for the bye-elections with our trained electoral personnel ready to conduct transparent and credible elections for the conduct of elections in six local government areas.

“We are conducting elections in 66 polling units across the six local government areas.

“Any person without a permanent voter’s card will not participate in the bye-election,” he said.

He said already, the commission had deployed sensitive and non-sensitive materials to all the affected local government areas.

The REC explained that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BIVAS, would be used during the re-run elections aimed at ensuring free, fair and credible elections, expressing confidence that the bye-elections would be successful.

“We have prepared and equipped our personnel with basic electoral knowledge for the conduct of free, fair and transparent elections come February 3,” he concluded.

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