Gombe – Ahead of Local Government polls scheduled for Feb. 25, the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC), has assured the electorate of a free, fair and credible exercise.
Mr Kalagar Lubo, Commissioner Public Affairs, gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Gombe on Friday.
Lubo said that the commission was ready to conduct a successful election, and declared that all arrangements had been put in place.
“Our programme is going according to the schedule; we have already appointed and trained electoral officers and sold nomination forms to candidates’’, he said.
According to him, names of cleared candidates would soon be displayed.
Lubo said that six political parties – APC, PDP, UDP, ACCORD, LP and APGA – had presented candidates for the electoral contests.