The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has sent serious warning to both staff and Ad-hoc ones not to hide election materials on the governorship election day or they go to prison

The Anambra state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Queen Elizabeth Agwu, said that the commission will be up and doing on the November 8 governorship election in every ward on the state to make sure such complaints don’t arise

Agwu, said on some occasions, voters would complain of seeing the electoral officials without seeing the materials, adding that such will never be tolerated again.

Again, she announced that the Continuous Voter Registration CVR exercise which will kick start in the state on July 8 to 17 will not be held on Mondays.

This, according to her, is not as a result of anything but just to give the residents enough time to prepare adequately for the next day after hard weekend work.

Mondays in the Southeast zone are observed as sit-at- home, and announced for a couple of years by the Biafra agitators.

The sit-at-home exercise has instilled fear in the Southeast residents as hoodlums use the day to harass, intimidate and kill innocent citizens

Meanwhile, the REC said the new CVR will not be used for the bye-election for Anambra South senatorial and Onitsha North 1 constituency elections on August 16, but for the governorship on November 8.

She said the second phase of the exercise that commences after the bye-election on August 16 and ends on August 26 will be for the 2027 Presidential election

Agwu, said everything for both the bye-election and the November 8 governorship elections are ready, while the BVAs had been charged and tested too without any problems.

“We are ready for the elections; everything has been supplied to us. I’m only begging the residents of the state to come forward for the CVR because you’re doing a disservice to yourself, the state and the nation if you do not come out and vote on the election day,” Agwu said.

She said Anambra INEC had received 326 Scanners for the CVR registration from the national headquarters, adding that they would be distributed with the configured BVAs. (The Nation)