The electoral body, INEC, operating in Kano State, has affirmed its preparedness to oversee all upcoming bye-elections within the region. Speaking at the state headquarters in Kano on Tuesday, Mr. Abdu Zango, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for INEC in Kano State, conveyed this assurance to stakeholders.
He disclosed that the scheduled bye-elections set for February 3rd are slated to take place in three state constituencies: Kunchi/Tsanyawa, Kura/Garun Malam, and Rimin Gado/Tofa, spanning across six local government areas in the state.
“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 said.
