The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday said its sensitive election materials remained safe, assuring the process of warehousing them in the apex bank won’t be compromised.
The commission also allayed the fear that the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) won’t stop the involvement of individual university lecturers in the INEC-organised elections.
INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the 2nd quarterly consultative meeting with the media at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
Speaking against the backdrop of the presidential bid of CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, the INEC boss assured Nigerians that the commission would not be caught off guard in doing the needful and ensuring the sensitive materials are not compromised.
He was responding to the question on whether Emefiele’s entry into politics won’t affect the credibility and integrity of the electoral process.
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