3391: NATIONWIDE | Voter Registration and Election Readiness: NEC Sets Out Its Plans

South Sudan’s National Elections Commission is preparing to announce the voter registration timetable as it works towards the country’s first general elections. In this extended edition of Nationwide, NEC Chairperson Gabriel Bol Deng, Chief Elections Officer Mary James Ajith and Spokesperson Josephine Achiro discuss preparations and the work that remains. Bol Deng says preparations are at an advanced stage and insists the elections will go ahead.