The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has promised to conducting a free, fair and credible local government elections come Sept. 21, 2024 in the state.
The Executive Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, made the promise on Wednesday while declaring open a three-day workshop in Enugu. The workshop, which is being organised by International Foundation for the Electoral System (IFES) in partnership with USAID and UKAID, was meant to Train Master Trainers (electoral facilitators) on the Management of Local Government Elections.
Ngwu also charged the facilitators to take the training very seriously as they would be committed in the cascading 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 few days to come.
“I must commend the International Foundation for the Electoral System (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 the training.
Ugboaja noted that the training of the facilitators would go a long way in ensuring conduct of a credible local government council elections in the state. The over 50 electoral facilitators were drawn from ENSIEC’s six departmental heads, electoral officers and other electoral support personnel.
