In Abia, Prof. Etannibi Alemika, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Jos, urged the Federal Government to ensure timely release of funds to the relevant agencies concerned with the 2015 elections to enable them to discharge their responsibilities.

Alemika said the delay in the release of funds to police in past elections always resulted in the non-payment of allowances to policemen on election duty.

He said the amendment of the electoral act ought to have been completed early by the NASS to enable Nigerians to study it before the commencement of the elections.

Alemika lauded INEC’s proposal for the use of the military during the polls, saying that ‘’the military can be used in the distribution of logistics and election materials.’’

Reacting to the issues at stake ahead of the election, the INEC’s Director of Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzi, said there was need to establish special commission to handle electoral offences.

Osaze-Uzi said in Abuja that INEC’s roles did not include punishing the offenders but to present them in court for prosecution.

“It will be good to have special tribunal within the exciting judicial framework, or we can have special tribunal to do the same,’’ Osaze-uzi said.

He said that the commission would continue to do all within its mandate pending when the appropriate decisions would be taken on the matter.(NAN)