Posted September 27, 2012 by Emmanuel Bello in Politics

JISIEC holds bye-elections

From ABDULLAHI YAKUBU, Dutse –
Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission {JISIEC} has said that it has completed all arrangements to conduct free and fair bye elections aimed to fill in the gaps of some PDP Councilors who lost their lives in Garkon Alli in Kiyawa and Madaka wards in Gagarawa local government areas of the state recently.
The Chairman of the JISIEC Alhaji Mohammad Sani Ahmed Gumel, made this known after a meeting with all the stake holders in the forthcoming election. According to him, the bye election would be the first of its kind in the history of the state’s electoral body and conducted fairly among the six participating parties.
The Chairman revealed that arrangements had been concluded by the commission to release the electoral materials coming Friday just like in other elections, adding that about thirty adhoc staff were recruited and trained on how to assist the commission to discharge its duties diligently.