INEC distributes electoral materials in Lagos (photos)

 Prior to the presidential and national assembly elections on February 25, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started distributing election materials to Lagos state's 20 Local Government Areas (LGA).

This was confirmed to media on Wednesday, February 22, at the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Lagos, where the materials were housed, by the state's resident electoral commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje. According to Agbaje, all the materials would be transferred on Wednesday to the local government areas (LGAs), and on election day, the electoral officers from each council would make the final distributions.

According to him, the fact that all political parties were invited to the distributions demonstrated that Lagos State has enough election-related supplies.

The purpose of today's exercise is to demonstrate to Nigerians—especially those in Lagos State—that we are prepared for the elections that will take place on Saturday. We have sufficient supplies. Even so, we are surplus. Voting papers and other delicate items are not an issue for us. All trucks will be escorted to other Local Government Areas by the police and army, he declared.

The exercise was one of the police electoral responsibilities, according to the Lagos State Police Commissioner, CP Idowu Owohunwa, to ensure security for the populace, election materials in transit or office, INEC personnel, and observers.

At the distribution event, ten representatives of political parties were present. Action Alliance, Action Democratic Party, African Action Congress, All Progressives Congress, and Allied Peoples Movement are a few of them. Others include the Young Progressive Party, Labour Party, National Rescue Movement, New Nigeria Peoples Party, and Peoples Democratic Party.