The Bauchi State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been commended for prompt and smooth commencement of the rerun -election in the state.
The commendation was made by the Bauchi State Commissioner for Housing and Environment, Rt Hon. Danlami Ahmed Kawule while speaking with Journalists on Saturday.
Danlami Kawule spoke shortly after casting his vote at the Mararaban Liman Katagum Primary School polling unit, commending also the security personnel at the polling unit for their neutrality, alertness and gallantry.
The Commissioner said that the process of the election went on smoothly and people started casting their votes around 8:40am.
According to him, “There was no delay from INEC as the election materials arrived around 7:30am and the INEC officials as well as the security personnel had been on ground since that time.”
He added that, “We are very impressed with INEC for this punctuality and orderliness and the security are neutral and are doing what is expected of them to be done in order to ensure orderliness too.”
“They are both discharging their official responsibilities accordingly,” he said.
The Commissioner however, urged the electorate who casts his vote to leave the polling unit for his normal business rather than staying around to make the place choked up.
Also speaking to newsmen, the Presiding Officer (PO) of the Polling unit, Tobias John, said that everything was going on ‘very’ smoothly, adding that the electorate were cooperating with the process by abiding by the guidelines given to them.
The PO, who stated that the voting exercise would stop by 2pm, said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines were working perfectly and faster.
Recall that the Appeal Court had ordered for re-run election in 42 Polling Units in four State Assembly Constituencies of the state.
The constituencies are: Bauchi Central; Zungur/Galambi, Ningi 1 and Madara/Chinade.
