ENSIEC pledges to conduct free, credible council polls

The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has pledged to conduct free, fair and credible Local Government (LG) Elections, scheduled for September 21.

The ENSIEC Chairman, Prof. Christian Ngwu, made the promise while declaring open a three-day workshop in Enugu on Wednesday.

The workshop, organised by International Foundation for the Electoral System (IFES), in partnership with USAID and UKAID, was designed to Train Master Trainers (electoral facilitators) on the Management of LG elections.

Ngwu charged the facilitators to take the training seriously, saying that they would be deployed to cascade down the training to others, especially electoral ad hoc staff.

“We are putting emphasis and commitment to this training so that you gain the knowledge to be sound trainers in various council areas as you take on the training of ad hoc staff in a few days to come.

“I must commend the IFES, USAID and UKAID for this beneficial support and partnership with the commission,” the Chairman said.

Earlier, an Election Consultant, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, lauded ENSIEC for availing its electoral facilitators the opportunity of getting trained for the polls.

Ugboaja said that the training would go a long way in ensuring the conduct of credible council elections in the state.

The facilitators, who were at least 50, comprised ENSIEC’s six departmental heads, electoral officers and other electoral support personnel.