The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state Dr Nkwachukwu Orji disclosed this during the Election Management System Implementer Workshop for INEC Anambra state, in Awka.
While describing the Election Management System as a critical tool, which the commission required to effectively manage field assets, resources, constituencies and chains of electoral activities in organizing elections Dr Orji said the card readers that would be used for the election had been tested and were working effectively while the configuration of the cards would take four days from now.
The REC explained that the training of the Electoral Officers, Assistant Electoral Officers, Security agencies and ad-hos staff had been concluded.
The National Commissioner of INEC South East, Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu, represented by the Technical Adviser to INEC Chairman, Professor Bolade Eyinla urged the participants to take the training seriously, as it would help in determining the outcome of the election in the state.
The Project Manager of the European Center for Election Support, Mr David Le Notre, who is the trainer said the Election Management System training was an effort to enable the commission to deliver free, fair and transparent election in the state.
Speaking on behalf of the participants in the event Mr Chike Okafor agreed on the need to take the training seriously to enable the commission to succeed in the election.
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