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Benin, Sept. 19, 2016 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo said it had commenced the withdrawal of its card readers and non-sensitive materials, following the postponement of the governorship election to Sept. 28.
It would be recalled that INEC, on Sept.8, announced the postponement of the governorship election in Edo, originally fixed for Sept. 10, citing security reasons.
Mrs Prisillia Sule, INEC’s Assistant Director on voter education and publicity in Edo, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Benin on Monday.
Sule said the withdrawal of the card readers from the 18 Local Government Areas of the state was to enable the commission reconfigure the machines ahead of the Sept. 28 election
She said INEC would also retrain Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers for the election.
Sule further said a stakeholders meeting had been scheduled for Sept. 22, to enable the commission intimate critical stakeholders on its level of readiness ahead of the governorship election on Sept. 28.(NAN)
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Edited by Kevin Okunzuwa