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PREPARATIONS
The
Benue State Independent Electoral Commission on her part has painstakingly
undertaken and executed a process through which credible and reliable
elections would be conducted in the third tier of Government
The
Commission has been able to:
(a) Renovate
facilities at the headquarters.
(b) Establish
new Area Offices in the 23 Local Government Areas.
(c) Appoint
Electoral Officer and Assistant Electoral Officers at the Local
Government Area Offices.
(d) Employ
and posted supporting staff to all the Local Government Area Offices.
(e) Screen
and clear 56 Chairmanship and 675 Councillorship candidates for
the elections.
(f) Release
guidelines to the political parties for the conduct of elections.
(g) Procure
sensitive and non-sensitive election Materials
(h) Train
staff through series of workshop and seminars.
(i) Recruit
and train Ad-hoc staff for the election.
In
Benue State therefore, the functions of Benue State Independent
Electoral Commission are spread out in 3,691 polling units, 276
Council wards in the 23 Local Government Areas.
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