The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the population of registered voter in the country might increase to 100 million by 2023. Yakubu, who made the disclosure during the first quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, yesterday, lamented that the number of polling units had remain […]
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INEC intensifies consultation on new Polling Units
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Emma Ujah
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has intensified consultations with stakeholders on the creation of new Polling Units (Pus), across the country.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, who held a meeting with the media in Abuja, yesterday, said that existing 119, 973 PUs, created 25 years ago had become grossly inadequate, leading to crisis situations during elections.
He said, “Nigeria has a critical problem of voter access to Polling Units. The country currently has 119,973 Polling Units established a quarter of a Century ago in 1996 by the defunct National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON). At that time, the voter population was projected at 50 million.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the current numbers of the polling units (PUs) are grossly inadequate, leading to crisis during elections. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a meeting with media executives in Abuja on Friday. COVID-19: Nigerian mobile court hands out fines for mask violations Only opposition politicians […]
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