Anambra LG Polls: Civil Society Raises Alarm Over ANSIEC’s Silence On Preparations
With barely six weeks to Anambra State’s local government elections, concerns are mounting that limited public information on preparations could undermine confidence in the credibility of the exercise.
The Anambra Civil Society Network (ACSONet) has called on the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) to urgently provide comprehensive updates on its readiness for the chairmanship and councillorship elections scheduled for August 29, 2026.
ACSONet Chairman, Prince Chris Azor, said the continued absence of timely information was creating uncertainty and fuelling speculation among political parties, civil society organisations, the media, election observers and development partners.
The group urged ANSIEC to publish a comprehensive election timetable and provide details on participating political parties and candidates, the voters’ register, polling units, voting procedures, recruitment of electoral officials, distribution of materials, security arrangements and result collation.
It particularly called for the immediate commencement of accreditation for domestic and international election observers to allow sufficient time for recruitment, training and deployment across the state’s 21 Local Government Areas and 326 electoral wards.
ACSONet also urged the Anambra State Government to provide adequate financial, human, technological and logistical resources to ensure peaceful, transparent, free and credible elections.
The group maintained that proactive communication and stakeholder engagement were crucial to building public trust, stressing that transparency before election day remained the strongest guarantee of credibility after the declaration of results.
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