Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC) has announced the suspension of the scheduled Local Government Councils election till further notice.
It could be recalled that the State Electoral Body had on the 25th August, 2021, issued 90 days notification for the election of the 21 LGCs to be conducted on the 4th December, 2021.
The Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Isa Shettima, in a press release made available to NEWS PLATFORM on Friday, said that the polls will no longer be conducted as scheduled due challenges.
Alh. Shettima, disdclosed that the money allocated for the exercise in the 2021, budget is too meagre to organise and conduct the said election.
He announced that the preparations by the commission to conduct the LGCs election are suspended so as to give government time to source for supplementary funds.
According to him, the election arrangements are confronted with multiple challenges thus:" the re-usable electioin materials like ballot boixes, duty vests, bags, kits among others retrieved from field after the last election were vandalised by "End Sars" demostrators".
The Chairman observed that the conversion of voting points into polling units has increased the number of polling units from 2, 609 to 4,104 in the state, explaining that this changes will lead to increase in both facilities and ad hoc staff.
He further stated that the ongoing registration exercise of new voters will have a resultant increase in ballot papers requirment.
He added that this changes will require additional funds to organise and conduct the election; hence, the suspension of the exercise, to enable government source for supplementary funds for the exercise.
Alh. Isa Shettima, added that the objective of organising the election is for the elected officials to take over from the incumbent on the 8th December, 2021, when the present council will be formally dissolved.
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