Saturday, 3 January 2015

2015 POLLS: INEC DEFENDS PRINTING OF VERY SENSITIVE MATERIALS ABROAD



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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