The prefatory statement above belongs to Nasir el-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna, one of the few Governors who have consistently demonstrated faith in the deployment of technology to protect the integrity and credibility of the electoral process in Nigeria. He is the only one who has given effect to his conviction. In 2018, Kaduna state under his watch, conducted elections with an electronic voting system.
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This was disclosed by Saratu Audu-Dikko, the Chairman of Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the commission had earlier fixed the poll for May 16, and later shifted it to June 5.
Ibrahim Sambo, the overseer of KADSIECOM, announced this on Monday while unveiling the election time before representatives of political parties and other stakeholders.
The commission had rescheduled the election after it failed to conduct the exercise on May 12
The commission’s Chairman, Dr Saratu Dikko, said on Tuesday at a press conference in Kaduna that the postponement followed an order by a high court to stop the election.
Ndams said that results from five wards had not been submitted at the collation center, “therefore after due consultation with the SIECOM headquarters we decided to declare the LG polls in Chikun local government inclusive”.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the State Independent Electoral Commission had through its local government returning officers released some of the results with the ruling All Progressives Congress winning in most of the local government areas released so far
The News Agency of Nigeria reports however, that the election has been violent free after it finally took off.
The parties under the aegis of Coalition of Political Parties in Kaduna State, made their stand known at a press conference on Friday in Kaduna
Elections in the 23 LGs and 255 wards has been scheduled for May 12.