The
Independent National Electoral Commission, has explained that the ballot papers
for the 2015 general elections are being printed abroad, as part of measures to
ensure credibility of the polls.
Giving
the clarification in Abuja, Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Kayode
Idowu said the integrity of the electoral process was of paramount interest to
the commission.
He
stated that the commission intends to use between seventy to seventy-five
million ballot papers for each of the five elections.
Mr
Idowu dismissed in strong terms, speculations that the commission has budgeted
seventy-five million U.S. dollars to print the presidential ballot papers in
Europe.
He
however added that the non contentious ballot papers for this year’s election
were being printed locally, while the very sensitive ones were sent abroad to
avoid issues of credibility.
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