The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday stated that the deployment of materials to all states across the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had been completed.
“They (the card readers) are configured to specific polling units and only open for use at 8:00AM on the Election Day; they will automatically shut down by 10:00PM in order to forestall any illegal use of the card readers before the appointed time for elections,” he said.
“Yesterday (Tuesday), I reported 95 per cent completion of the configuration. I am pleased to report that we have now achieved 100 per cent completion of the configuration. We are good to go on this call”.
The INEC chairman added that 10 states had already begun the movement of the materials to the local governments while other states would do so and conclude on Thursday.
1. I warmly welcome you all to the 3rdbriefing since Saturday on the state of preparedness for the elections taking place on Saturday this week.#NigeriaDecides2019
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 20, 2019
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