Nigeria, Jan. 31 -- The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has said he will be meeting with the officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to look into mitigating the effects of petrol scarcity for transportation of electoral materials and officials on election day.

Mr Yakubu disclosed this on Tuesday when he met with the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the transport union in December.

INEC partners the NURTW and Marine Workers' Union of Nigeria (MWUN) to ease movement of materials and officials on the election day.

But the commission worries that the shortage of petro...