By Chijioke Kingsley
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Ahead of the Plateau State Local Government elections, scheduled to hold on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the State Electoral Commissioner (PLASIEC), Hon. Plangji Daniel Cishak has met with security Chiefs to deliberate on strategies aimed at ensuring a hitch-free exercise.
At the meeting with security Chiefs, the PLASIEC boss appealed to them to provide adequate security in the the State as well as in all polling units to ensure that hoodlums are properly checkmated.
Cishak said he will not condone any act of ballot snatching, calling on the security to deal decisively with any political thug found causing trouble.
Our correspondent reports that the meeting was scheduled to discuss the level of preparedness for the Local Government polls.
However, PLASIEC told our reporter that the meeting became imperative as the State was just coming out of an incessant crisis and would not allow bandits take advantage of the elections to garner trouble.
He said the state government has put efforts to ensure that the peace Plateau is currently enjoying will not be truncated as a result of the local government elections.
Cishak called on the general public to ensure that they conduct themselves in a civil manner during the October 9th polls, adding that the power to elect the next local government chairmen lies in the hands of the electorates.
Also, he told our correspondent that the Commission has trained the required ad-hoc staff for the elections.
“We have trained the requisite number of ad-hoc staff for the election and we have also mobilized the transport owners for logistics. As far as PLASIEC is concerned, we are prepared.”
