The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has claimed that the high cost of the Anambra gubernatorial election is due to the amount spent on the reconstruction of its burnt office and materials.
On May 23, gunmen set fire to the commission’s office in Awka, Anambra state, as well as some sensitive and non-sensitive documents.
Festus Okoye, INEC’s commissioner for information and voter education, said the cost of the election, which is set to take place on November 6, is high due to “unusual circumstances.”
On Thursday, Okoye appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
According to him, the electoral commission had to replace 326 producing sets, renovate the storage facility for election materials, and replace non-sensitive materials.
Although he was unable to divulge the amount spent on the Anambra election, he claimed it was more expensive than the gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo.
“We are conducting this election in a very unusual circumstance, this is because we had to rebuild our offices in Nnewi North and Idemili north, where our local government offices were burnt,” he said.
“We had to replace over 326 generating sets that we mopped up from our local government offices and stored in the headquarters thinking that it would be more secure.
“We also had to rebuild our stores, where we normally store non-sensitive materials. We had to also replace over 60percent of the non sensitive materials we already deployed to our Akwa office, getting ready for this election.
“We had to repay six utility vehicles that were all burnt, we almost had to rebuild our state office that was also burnt.
“So, in terms of cost, it’s been very very costly and we can’t compare it to Ondo and Edo states elections, because we are in unusual circumstances, we had to do things differently.
“We are hopeful that when we get to Ekiti and Osun governorship elections, things will calm down much better and things will return to its normal trajectory.”
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