By Monic Okechukwu
Calls for peaceful LG Election, Stresses need for massive turnout of eligible voters, Assures Free,, Fair Election
The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) says all arrangements are almost concluded for the local government elections coming up on Saturday, 29th August, 2026. with all electoral .
The ANSIEC Commissioner in charge of Information and Publicity, Chief Tony Chinedu, who disclosed this on Wednesday, 26th August, 2026, during a press briefing at the Commission’s headquarters in Awka, said with three days left election materials have been deployed to the state, while personnel to handle the election have been trained.
Chinedu informed that the essence of the Press briefing was to alert journalists, political parties, security agencies, civil society groups and the general public that both sensitive and non-sensitive materials have been packed and are ready for deployment to the 21 Local Government Areas, 326 Wards, and 5,200 Polling Units across the state.
“Accreditation and voting will commence exactly at 8am and close by 4pm on the election day. Voting and accreditation will go on simultaneously at all polling units.
“We have a total of 22 chairmanship and 346 councillorship candidates for the election.
The Commissioner pointed out that the training of ad hoc staff was concluded that Wednesday in all the LGAs,
According to him, only two political parties, the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA and Young Progressive Party (YPP) are the two political parties contesting, and further disclosed that where only one candidate emerges unopposed, the candidates would still appear on the ballot boxes for voters to declare “YES or NO”.
He posited that where No outnumbers Yes , the election will be re-conducted on a later date.
ANSIEC reaffirmed commitment to conducting free, fair, credible, and peaceful election, calling on candidates, party leaders and supporters, ans well as stakeholders to shun violence, assuring that security agencies have been fully deployed to ensure the safety of voters, election officials, and materials.
Chief Chinedu appealed to the electorate to come out en masse to vote for candidates of their choice.
