INEC delivers 52,000 Supplementary Voter Cards

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
yesterday reiterated its preparedness to conduct a free,
fair and credible governorship election in Bayelsa State
this Saturday.
INEC national chairman, Prof Mohammud Yakubu, in an
interview in Yenagoa said the commission has put in
place the necessary arrangement to conduct credible poll
despite the allegation that a party had concluded plan to
rig the poll.
The INEC boss added that the commission will ensure
that no Bayelsan voter is disenfranchised in the Saturday
election.
“Whether you are living along the coastline or mainland in
Bayelsa and you are a voter, you will not be
disenfranchised in the coming poll. We will have a credible
poll,” he declared.
On the delay in the supply of Permanent Voter Cards,
PVCs to some councils in the state, Prof Yakubu, said
though the delay in the supply was regrettable, “the
supplementary voter cards totalling 52,000 have been
supplied this morning and handed over to the Resident
Electoral Commission. And we will discuss with the
stakeholders on a suitable and effective way of
distribution.”
The INEC boss insisted that the commission will ensure
that card readers are used during the polls and incident
forms allowed where proper verification of voters are
done.
“The card readers have passed all verifiable test and
challenges. We have insisted that no card reader, no
voting. But where incident forms will be used, we have
instructed that the voters should be verified through
provision of passport photograph and it tallies with picture
on the voters card.”