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ABUJA \u2013 Forty-eight hours to the general elections in the country beginning with the National Assembly polls, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, declared yesterday that he was not under pressure to manipulate the electoral process in order to give undue advantage to anybody and that even if such pressure comes from any quarters, he would not oblige them.<\/p>\n

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Jega, who briefed editors in the country on INEC\u2019s preparations for the polls also said the commission had already taken delivery of ballot papers and other sensitive electoral materials that would be used on Saturday.<\/p>\n

He explained that the main target of the commission was to declare verified results within 48 hours after voting.<\/p>\n

Giving further insight into novel measures by the commission to ensure that ills of\u00a0 past elections are avoided, Jega said the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, would assist\u00a0 INEC with their vehicles which have been fitted with special devices to\u00a0 track\u00a0 movement of sensitive electoral materials nation-wide.<\/p>\n

He said ballot papers that would be used for the polls contain security features\u00a0 which\u00a0 would prevent\u00a0 them\u00a0 from being used in another unit if they are stolen.<\/p>\n

The INEC Chairman further stated that the commission already had a credible voters register which is much better than what was used for the 2007 general elections, adding that\u00a0 even though the register is not perfect,\u00a0 some persons who were involved\u00a0 in\u00a0 multiple registration\u00a0 have been detected and would soon be prosecuted.<\/p>\n

He further said adequate preparations had been made for delivery of electoral materials on time to ensure that\u00a0 voting begins on time on election days.\u00a0 The INEC boss also assured the nation\u00a0 that cases of late arrival of\u00a0 electoral materials would be reduced drastically\u00a0 and\u00a0 might\u00a0 only\u00a0 occur in very remote parts of the country.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cArrangements\u00a0 have\u00a0 been made with the Nigerian Air Force and Navy for delivery of electoral materials to different parts of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said the Commission had concluded compilation of nominated candidates of different parties for all the elections, adding that INEC faced serious legal challenges in compiling the final list of candidates.<\/p>\n

Jega\u00a0 further stated that the commission would deploy a minimum of 400,000 ad-hoc staff\u00a0 for the polls, stressing that three of them would work in a polling unit alongside other field\u00a0 supervisory personnel.<\/p>\n

He explained that in places where NYSC\u00a0 ad-hoc personnel were inadequate, students from Federal Government-owned tertiary institutions would be deployed alongside staff of federal civil service working in such places.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 INEC\u00a0 boss\u00a0 stated that the Commission had worked on changing the attitude of its staff from what it used to be in the past through sensitization programmes and sanctions\u00a0 where necessary. He also said that the commission will not usurp the powers of the security agencies who feel adequately concerned about the pre-election violence and have deployed their personnel to check manipulation.<\/p>\n

Professor added that a situation room has been created in INEC office where complaints from aggrieved individuals will be received and given proper attention<\/p>\n

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