INEC to test card readers in 12 states today

AHEAD of the forth coming general elections,the
Independent National Electoral Commission,NEC,
will today, test-run the card readers expected to be
used in the elections.
The scheduled field-testing of the Smart Card
Readers,SCRs, according to the commission, would
hold in 225 polling units and 358 voting points
across 12 Registration Areas (i.e. Wards) in 12
states of the Federation.
According to a statement released late yesterday
by Mr Kayode Idowu,Chief Press Secretary to INEC
chairman,Prof. Attahiru Jega, the affected
registration areas are in
Rivers,Ekiti,Ebonyi,Kano,Taraba and Kebbi states.
Other states are Lagos,Delta,Bauchi,Niger and
Nasarawa states.
“Affected RAs are in the following Local
Government Areas (LGAs): 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),”it said.