No electorate would be denied the opportunity to vote in the upcoming local government election in the state, according to Ibrahim Bako, Chairman of the Katsina State Independent Electoral Commission (KTSIEC). In a briefing to journalists before the local government election, he issued the promise that the commission would do everything in its power to ensure that all eligible voters, even those who had been forced to leave because of persistent security issues, could cast their ballots. Additionally, he stated that the commission will rehire 19,608 ad hoc workers to help with the voting process in the 4,902 polling places that would be staffed with four people each. He continued, "Regardless of the circumstance, we will improvise a legal solution that will force everyone to vote, including the internally displaced persons."
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