Ben-Opara Emmanuella, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Owerri on the level of preparations for tomorrow's off-cycle Governorship election in the state. Ben-Opara stressed that all materials have already been deployed to the twenty-seven INEC Local Government Offices, and vehicles hired from the National Union of Road Transport Workers are on- ground to facilitate the transportation of personnel and materials to all polling units.
According to her, these measures have been taken to ensure that accreditation and voting commence as scheduled. Regarding the ongoing organized Labour protest, the INEC Head of Voter Education stated that the strike would not affect the conduct of the polls, as all preparations were concluded before the misunderstanding between the State Government and the Labour Unions.