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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.

Vanguard News INEC intensifies consultation on new Polling Units On 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 ...

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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Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Abuja The National Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday charged security agencies to maintain the professionalism they displayed during the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states held on September 19 and October 10, 2020 respectively. Yakubu said this should be done during the Anambra governorship, as well as the 2023 general election. He gave the charge during an Inter-Agency Consultative Committ...

INEC declared in Abuja on Wednesday that management of large crowds at many polling units remained a challenge at elections.

Vanguard News Crowd management is a challenge at elections – INEC On Kindly Share This Story: INEC declared in Abuja on Wednesday that management of large crowds at many polling units remained a challenge at elections. Its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at INEC’s first quarter meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) for this year. Yakubu said that with only 119,973 Polling Units serving a voter population of more than 84 million...

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Biden, DOJ and academics counter Trumps attacks on democracy While ample attention remains on the most frontal of Donald Trumps assaults on our democracy — his role in the Capitol riot that has led to his looming impeachment trial — the Biden administration has started to tackle some of its predecessors less public upending of governing norms. The latest moves were revealed without fanfare Wednesday. The Justice Department rescinded two policies instituted in the weeks after the ele...

EXCLUSIVE: Part 1: Nationwide survey shows misinformation greatest challenge to US elections Hearst Television FacebookTwitterEmail An exclusive, nationwide survey sent to more than 3,000 election administrators in all 50 states finds they consider misinformation to be the greatest challenge to future U.S. elections and American democracy. The broad, 35-question inquiry was sent by the Hearst Television National Investigative Unit in late December, shortly after all states certified their elect...