Essential Ndubuisi
By Daniel Ezeigwe
Fifty thousand adhoc workers and security agents have been scheduled to work in the November six governorship election in Anambra State.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Anambra State, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, disclosed this in Awka while speaking at an event organized by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, for broadcast stations in Anambra State.
Dr Orji who said that while twenty-six thousand ad-hoc staff is needed to conduct the poll, twenty-four thousand security staff would also be needed to ensure that the election is violence free.
The Anambra REC also said that INEC would also be bringing in new innovations into the election, including the introduction of a Bimordial Voter Accreditation System, which would be replacing the smart card reader, and polling unit reorganization.
Dr Orji also stated that elections were capital intensive in Nigeria, said that INEC would need funding of up to two billion naira to conduct the Anambra governorship poll.
