INEC recruits 13,000 workers for Kogi election

Ahead of the November 21 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission had recruited and trained 13,000 supervisory and electoral officials to man the 3,000 polling units across the state.

This was as he warned that only the people of Kogi State, and no one else, will determine who their next governor will be.

Yakubu, who was addressing a stakeholders’ forum in Lokoja on Tuesday, said he was determined to build and improve on the achievements of his predecessor, Prof. Attahiru Jega, by making Kogi State election the best ever conducted in the country.

He revealed that all card readers to be used in the next Saturday election had been tested, configured and confirmed to be fit for use during the election, adding that only those with permanent voter cards, PVCs, would be eligible to vote.

The INEC boss further noted that 11 resident electoral commissioners from other states had been mobilised to see to the smooth conduct of the election.