BARELY few weeks to conduct the 2019 general election in the federation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Development and integrity Intervention Goals foundation (DIG) has called on all the political parties and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ebonyi State to sensitise the electorate mostly at the grassroots on how to embrace free, fair, credible election without tension in the state. They further complain about the uncooperative attitude of some communities who show little or no interest in assisting INEC PVC distribution personnel with basic guidance and for effective operation. ALSO READ: INEC warns against hate speeches during political campaignsShe put the number of uncollected PVCs in the council area at 44,912 as at date out of the initial total available of 63,912. Ejekwu Modestus, the EO for Izzi also revealed that 15, 276 were not yet collected out of the 152, 604 registered voters in his council area as at yesterday. They expressed their preparedness for the forthcoming election, adding that most insensitive materials had been brought to them from the INEC headquarters preparatory to the polls.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 22, 2019 12:45 UTC