Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday recorded early arrival of election materials and ad hoc staff at city centre for the area council elections.
As at 8:15 a.m., all the polling units visited within Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) were set for commencement of the election.
Security agencies, including the police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel were seen manning the polling units.
At polling units 16, Area 8, City Centre, AMAC, the Presiding Officer, Emmanuel Miracle, said they arrived at 7.30 a.m. to start the business of the day.
“We’re set and waiting for the time for commencement of the election,” Miracle said.
Also at polling unit 15, the electoral officers and security agents were already on ground waiting for election to start.
Also at polling units 072 and 073, the electoral officers were already set as at 7.50 a.m. waiting for the electorate and the commencement time for the election.
The presiding officers for the two units, Hellen David and Mohammed Umar respectively said all election materials were ready.
At polling unit 073, the party agent for All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Abubakar, also said that all was set for the election.
Abubakar also confirmed the early arrival of security personnel and INEC ad hoc staff, expressing confidence that there would be a peaceful conduct of the election.(NAN
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
