LG Poll: Early voting, delays in Jos as Plateau election gets underway
Politics
VOTING in some areas in Jos in the Local Government Elections began early, even as there were delays due to the late arrival of officials for the chairmanship and councillorship polls.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited some polling units at Kugiya, Bukuru Lowcost, Zang Commercial Scondary School, reports that as at 8: 45 a.m., officials of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), were yet to be seen in these areas.
Officials at the Olusegun Obasanjo Model School, however, arrived as at the time of filing this report.
NAN, reports that the intending voters were seen at the various polling units waiting to exercise their franchise.
Mrs Sabina Dawam, the official in charge of the school in Hwolshe, attributed the delay to lack of vehicles at the Local Government to transport voting materials and the officials.
Mr Amos Badung, a voter, expressed dissatisfaction over the late arrival of officials at the school’s polling unit, saying the delay could cause disenfranchisement of some voters.
Badung said as at 9:00 a.m., the election was yet to commence.
A voter, Mrs Mary Dalyop, at the St Jarlarths Primary School 1 polling unit in Kugiya, told NAN, that she had been at the polling unit since 7:30 am, awaiting the arrival of the officials to commence the exercise at 8: 00 a.m.
Dalyop however, said she did not want to return home because she was not sure if she would be able to come back to cast her vote if she left for home.
NAN reports that voting began early in some areas such as Zawan A and B, Kuru, Du, and Rayfield, all in Jos South.
Voting had commenced as early as 8:00 a.m, as both officials and voting materials were on ground. (NAN)
9th October, 2024.
C.E.
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