INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said inaugurating the committee was critical to the successful conduct of the election.
Those who registered between January and June, would get their cards in October, while November is for those who registered from July 1 to July 31.
The commission said it would close that of the governorship and state assemblies’ nominations on July 15.
Mr Soludo leads by 52,624 votes, far below the 148,407 registered voters in Ihiala LGA. But with 10 per cent turnout seen so far, observers have concluded APGA’s imminent victory.
“The suggestion by the National Assembly that to transmit results electronically, INEC has to clear with the NCC, that is absolutely unconstitutional.”
The Senate has rejected Lauretta Onochie as INEC’s national commissioner.
Accreditation and voting started promptly at 8:30 a.m. with voters trooping out to cast their ballots.
The nomination negates the provision of the Constitution that states that appointees of the electoral body must not be affiliated with any political party.
The recently renovated office in the local government was set ablaze Sunday night.
“We won’t require everyone to go to registration centres to go register.”
