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1 March 2011
The path toward delivering a credible election come April by the Independent National Electoral Commission appears to be strewn with more difficulties than the commission envisaged. Just as it failed yesterday to launch an expected legal challenge against the recent Federal High Court verdict which barred governorship elections in five states, it was gathered that ballot papers were in short supply ahead of next month’s general elections, according to a senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who did not want to be identified, deepening the uncertainty around nationwide polls, barely a month away.
In an interview, the INEC official disclosed that the electoral body was frantically considering foreign printers with barely a month until the elections are scheduled to start. The INEC source revealed that the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc, is having major capacity constraints to meet the April deadline. The source said that alarm bells began to ring last week after a courtesy call by INEC officials to the Mint revealed how behind schedule they were.
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