‘We’ll assess poll implementation’

INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it will assess the implementation stages of the November 16 governorship election in the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State.

Chairman, Planning, Monitoring and Support Centre, INEC headquarters, Dr. Mustapha Lecky, said this in Yenagoa during the Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC) implementers’ workshop.

The programme was supported by the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) and funded by the European Union (EU) with the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN).

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Lecky, who was represented by the Chief Technical Adviser to INEC Chairman, Prof. Bolade Enyinla, described election as a process.

He said: “In this process, election cannot be complete until we deliver result;  we must continually follow up the processes and assess the implementation stages of the electoral activities.

“We must assess the activities of the election from local government areas.”