The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to deploy 753 Election Day personnel to conclude the Saturday, 25th February Etche II State Constituency and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency elections in Rivers State.
The areas affected in the Etche State and Federal Constituency elections are: One (1) Local Government; Eighteen (18) Registration Areas, 147 Polling Units, 163 Voting Points, and 60, 874 Registered Voters.
A breakdown of the 753 personnel to be deployed shows that INEC will deploy: One (1) Returning Officer for the Federal Constituency Election; One (1) Returning Officer for the State Constituency Election; One (1) Local Government Area Collation Officer; 18 Registration Area Collation Officers; 18 Supervisory Presiding Officers; and 147 Presiding Officers.
Others are: 489 Assistant Presiding Officers (I, II and III); 30 Assistant Presiding Officers (VP); 26 Reserve Assistant Presiding Officers (5%); Constituency Supervisors (1 Federal and 1 State Constituency); 1 Local Government Area Supervisor; and 19 Registration Area Supervisors + 1Reserve.
