Politics
ENSIEC 90 Percent Ready For September 26 Local Government

The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) says the commission is over 90 percent ready to conduct the September 26 local government council elections in Enugu State.
ENSIEC has scheduled elections into 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship positions in the state.
Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, disclosed this on Monday in Enugu.
Ngwu noted that the commission was already putting finishing touches on every other arrangement and training ahead of the polls.
“It is only few things remaining and we are finalising and putting finishing touches on them,” he said.
The chairman said that the commission has trained the trainers of the ad hoc staff, already advertised for the ad hoc staff, while their training would be coming in few days.
He said that almost all materials for the elections are ready, noting that the “non-sensitive materials will be leaving ENSIEC headquarters in Enugu latest Thursday, September 17, to council headquarters”.
According to him, the sensitive materials will be received and kept in a safe place for now. ““We will soon concluded arrangement with transport unions/companies to ensure adequate logistics facilities.
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“The commission is already having a fruitful conclusion of security arrangement with security agencies in the state with the Nigeria Police as lead agency,” he said.
Ngwu said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would soon avail ENSIEC with the authentic voters register of the state to work it.
“I am calling on residents of Enugu State to troop out en mass to cast their votes for their preferred candidates without fear or fear.
“ENSIEC will continue to provide a level playing field for all candidates in the elections.
“The commission will provide a conducive and secure environment as well as ensure a peaceful, hitch-free, transparent and credible elections come Sept. 26 in the state,” he said.
He said that the commission has pasted the notice of election in local government areas, which contained awareness on how to vote correctly and positive behavioural conduct expected during and after casting one’s vote.
It would be recalled that candidates from 11 political parties have indicated interest to participate in the polls.
ENSIEC had two weeks ago concluded train-the-trainer workshop for its officials, which included17 electoral officers for each of the 17 council areas, 17 assistant electoral officers, seven directors, five commissioner and an administrative secretary.

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