The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), today said it would embark on what it termed field-testing of Smart Card Readers in 225 polling units and 358 voting points across 12 Registration Areas (i.e. Wards) in 12 states of the Federation on Saturday.
In a statement signed by Kayode Idowu, Press Secretary to the Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, States selected for the exercise includes Ekiti and Lagos, (South-West); Anambra and Ebonyi, (South-East); Delta and Rivers, (South-South); Kano and Kebbi, (North-West); Bauchi and Taraba, (North-East); Niger and Nasarawa, (North-Central).
The statement also listed the affected RAs a and their Local Government Areas to include Port Harcourt City (Rivers), Abakaliki (Ebonyi), Ado Ekiti (Ekiti), Gassol (Taraba), Kumbotso (Kano), Bunza (Kebbi), Kokona (Nasarawa), Shiroro (Niger), Ikeja (Lagos), Aguata (Anambra), Oshimili South (Delta) and Jama’are (Bauchi).
The card readers are expected to be used for the March 28 and April 11, 2015 general elections.
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