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As Amupitan Assures Commission’s Full Readiness for Election
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Announces Extension of PVC Collection
- Safiu Kehinde
The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has announced plan to deploy 24,000 personnel across the 5,718 polling units in Anambra state ahead of the November 8 election.
Prof/ Joash Amupitan (SAN), the commission’s chairman made this known while speaking at the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) held at INEC Headquarters, Abuja.
Amuptian, according to a statement issued on INEC official X handle on Tuesday after the meeting, expressed the commission’s full preparedness for the poll.
He said the Commission had concluded a comprehensive readiness assessment across the state and was confident of a smooth conduct of the election.
The INEC Chairman revealed that the 24,000 personnel would be deployed across 5,718 polling units, with results collated at 326 wards, 21 local government areas, and the State Collation Centre in Awka.
He also noted that voting would not take place in two polling units due to the absence of registered voters.
In the same vein, the INEC Chairman announced the extension of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection exercise in Anambra State from Wednesday, October 29 to Sunday, November 2, 2025, following reports that only 63.9% of registered voters had collected their PVCs.