2019 Poll: Materials For Elections In Taraba, Safe -REC

THE Independent National Electoral Commission in Taraba says the materials which will be use this Saturday for the  presidential and national assembly elections are intact and safe.

Baba Abba Yusuf, the  State Resident Electoral Commissioner,  disclosed this to our correspondent today in his office Jalingo

He added that  the Commission has finished the reconfiguration of the smart card readers preparatory for the elections on Saturday.

“I want to assure you that materials for the elections, which arrived the state late Friday last week, are still intact and are being sorted out.

“As you are all aware, electoral materials for Taraba arrived through Yola Airport and got here late on Friday because the airport in Jalingo doesn’t have night landing facilities.

“When the elections were shifted, the Central Bank of Nigeria was supposed to take back the materials, but CBN told us that they didn’t have space in their Jalingo temporary office to keep the materials.

“The CBN representative came and handed over the materials to us, which are now being sorted out for onward distribution to various local government areas in the state.

“We have since called the Police, Civil Defence and the DSS and made arrangements for the reinforcement of security at the INEC office to safeguard the materials.”

The Resident Electoral Commissioner called on the people of the state to remain peaceful and conduct themselves well before, during and after the elections.