Security measures have been taken to make sure that the roll update is done and completed within the 14 designated days for NCD.
This follows the deployment of 810 enrolment agents earlier this week for the biggest roll update to be done in the Nation’s Capital.
NCD Election Manager, Terrence Hetinu, says his team is faced with many obstacle and challenges to get this exercise going.
“Security is one of the main priorities for the enrolment agents whilst visiting the wards.”
He says in other provinces, the cost is very low for such exercises to be rolled out but in NCD alone, it is quite costly. This is because each of the 12 wards comprises of 80 to 90 thousand residents.
“It’s very difficult to deal with 321,000 plus eligible voters in the city who are currently on the roll,” Hetinu stresses.
He revealed that security has not been funded for the exercise.
However, they are working together with Boroko Police to create a security plan.
“The NCDC police will also be lending a hand for the agents’ security.”
Hetinu adds that currently, the team leaders’ mobile phone numbers will be put on Closed User Group (CUG) so they can be able to easily communicate.
“Whether they might need extraction or they might need police presence whilst doing the roll update, that is the basic security plan we have in place.”