yenagoa—There was drama at the Nembe 1 constituency of Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, following the failure of the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to produce and hand over the permanent voters card to the deputy governor of the state, Rear Admiral John Jonah (rtd).
Rear Admiral Jonah, who arrived his polling unit with his temporary voters card and scores of aides, including Government House press crew, was shocked when he was told his permanent voters card was not available.
The INEC ad hoc staff, it was learnt, were unable to explain to the deputy governor why his permanent voters card could not be issued to him.
Media aide to the deputy governor, Mr. Ebi Evinson, in a statement, said that his boss, Rear Admiral Jonah, was shocked that he arrived his polling unit at Nembe to obtain his permanent voter’s card, but could not do so because his card was not available.
According to the aide, “He could not obtain the permanent voters card even though, his name and other details were found in the voter register.”
He quoted the deputy governor as calling on INEC to put in place, adequate logistics to ensure that every eligible voter gets his or her voter’s card in order to vote in next year’s general elections.
The deputy governor also called on Bayelsans to take advantage of the exercise by coming out to get their voter’s card and encouraged those that have not registered at all to get registered at the appropriate time in order to participate in next year’s general elections.
SOURCE- VANGUARD
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