ASABA/Nigeria: Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, has released non sensitive materials to Local Governments and voters register to political leaders two days to the local government elections.
The Commission’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Arubi Orugboh who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen, said the commission was putting final arrangements in place to make the elections hitch-free and successful. Saying the commission was putting men and materials in place towards ensuring the conduct of a credible election, Orugboh said the commission worked all through the yuletide break, enjoining Deltans to feel free to go out to exercise their franchise.
According to him, accreditation of media practitioners that would monitor and cover the elections would be done by Thursday, adding that the issue of logistics would have been addressed.
He said that 16 political parties are expected to take part in the elections, while leaders of political parties in the state have been presented with voters’ register, disclosing that 1, 089 candidates will be participating in the elections, which 979 councillorship, 55 chairmanship and 55 vice chairmanship candidates are contesting the election.
