The Independent National Electoral Commission is to deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the National and State Assembly elections in Rivers State.
The elections are scheduled for Saturday.
Fourteen categories of staff will be deployed, according to INEC, as follows: Three Returning Officers for the three Senatorial District; Eight Returning Officers for Federal Constituencies; 10 Returning Officers for Federal Constituencies; 23 LGA Collation Officers; 221 Registration Area Collation Officers; 57 Collation Officers (for Collation only at Registration Areas RAs); 231 Supervisory Presiding Officers; 1,840 Presiding Officers; 6,609 Assistant Presiding Officers (I, II and III); 661 Assistant Presiding Officers (VP); 363 Reserve APOs (5%) of APOs; 21 Constituency Supervisors (3 SDs; 8 FCs; 10 SCs); 24 LGA Supervisors; and 223 RA Supervisors.
The elections will take place across the State’s three Senatorial Districts, eight Federal Constituencies and 10 State Constituencies.
Following Court Orders, in the aftermath of the 2015 general elections, the Commission had earlier scheduled to rerun the elections in Rivers State on March 19, 2016.
The elections were however disrupted by violence, leading to their suspension.
As at the time of the suspension of the elections, the exercise was at different stages as follows:
(i.) The Elections had been concluded in some constituencies with the declaration of results and return of winners by the respective Returning Officers;
(ii.) Results declared and/or returns made under duress or by unauthorized persons;
(iii.) Collation had been concluded but no declaration or return made;
(iv.) Voting had been concluded and Collation was on-going but yet to be concluded;
(v.) Voting concluded but Collation yet to commence;
(vi.) No voting at all or voting commenced but was disrupted before conclusion.
The twenty one constituencies where the elections will hold on December 10 are: (1.) Rivers East (SD), (2.) Rivers West (SD), (3.) Rivers South East (SD), (4.) Akuku-Toru/Asari Toru (FC), (5.) Degema/Bonny (FC), (6.) Okrika/Ogu-Bolo (FC), (7.) Etche/Omuma (FC), (8.) Ikwere/Emohua (FC), (9.) Khana Gokana (FC), (10.) Eleme/Tai/Oyigbo (FC), (11.) Opobo/Nkoro/Andoni (FC), (12.) Eleme (SC), (13.) Gokana (SC), (14.) Asari-Toru I (SC), (15.) Asari-Toru II (SC), (16.) Andoni (SC), (17.) Khana II (SC), (18.) Etche II (SC), (19.) Ikwere (SC), (20.) Bonny (SC) and (21.) Degema (SC).
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