The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Zamfara, has assured conduct of free, fair and credible bye-election into the Kaura Namoda-South State Constituency.
INEC had fixed Aug. 16, for the bye-election in the area.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mahamud Isah said this during the distribution of sensitive and non sensitive election materials, on Thursday in Gusau.
He said the materials would be transported to the 109 polling units (PUs) in good time to facilitate smooth conduct of the election, stressing that the process would be transparent.
The Zamfara State House of Assembly had declared the Kaura Namoda-South Constituency vacant, following the death of Aminu Kasuwar-Daji on April 9.
Kasuwar-Daji had won the election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Also, Abbas Abubakar, Head of Operations, INEC, said the election materials would be distributed to 109 Polling Units (PUs) across six Registration Areas (AEs) with 59,488 registered voters.
The distribution exercise was attended by representatives of the eight political parties that fielded candidates for the election.
They include All Progressives Congress (APC); Accord Party (AP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), All Peoples Party (APP) and African Democratic Party (ADP).
