The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) has begun the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials across the 4,758 polling units in the state, with 17 out of 19 registered political parties participating in todays exercise.
Earlier, during an interaction with some journalists at the commissions office, the ISIEC chairman, Charles Ejiogu, disclosed that the commission decided to distribute the electoral materials today in order to safeguard them from being destroyed.
Ejiogu further informed that the same measure applies to the display of the voters register, noting that past experiences have shown that some people indulge in the habit of tearing down the voters register when it is posted a few days before the election.
He said that the commission is fully prepared to conduct a transparent exercise that will usher in 27 local council chairmen and 305 councilors, who will navigate the affairs of the councils for the next two years.
The ISIEC boss noted that, by the mandate given to the commission, as enunciated in Establishment Law No. 14 of 2000, which empowers it to conduct and supervise local council elections, the commission is committed to delivering a credible and transparent process to the people of the state.
