ELECTIONS POSTPONED IN BAYELSA STATE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT BALLOT MALTERIALS

Ft tIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed election in about 8 constituency in Bayelsa State.

The resident electoral commissioner (REC) in the state Baritor Kpagih through a statement said the decision is due to insufficient ballot papers.

Mr. Barito said that elections in the affected areas would be held on April 18, 2015. Read the statement below;

“Following the stand of the stakeholders that no election should take place in the state without full complement of ballot papers, having regard to the total PVC distributed, the state house of assembly election slated for Saturday, the 11th of April, 2015, in Bayelsa State has been rescheduled to Saturday the 18th day of April, 2015 in the following constituencies:
Ekeremor constituencies 1,2 and 3, Kolokuma/Opokuma constituencies 1 and 2, Sagbama constituencies 1 and 2, and Southern Ijaw constituency 1.”