INEC
The National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, disclosed that it has created additional 440 polling units in Bayelsa State, taking the total number in the state to 2,244 polling units.
While the additional units create access for more voters, the commission said it was expanding voter access to polling units by converting existing voting points and settlements into polling units.
Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Expansion of Voters Access to Polling Units Exercise in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, said INEC had seized the opportunity to relocate existing polling units to places where they were more accessible to the voters and decongest the existing ones.
By Chuks Okocha
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday unfolded plans to allow online filing during the continuous voter registration for the 2023 general election.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, however, said only the biometric would be captured physically by INEC officials.
But the commission suffered another setback yesterday as arsonists torched its office in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State.
Okoye, during a stakeholders’ meeting on expanding voter access to polling units in Kano yesterday, said: “On June 28, the voter registration exercise for those above 18 years and those who have not registered before will commence with two new innovations. Those versatile with computer can register online and only visit a registration centre to capture their biometrics.”
‘ Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to create additional 1,832 Polling Units (PUs) in Ogun. This it said was part of efforts to expand voting access during the 2023 general elections in the state. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Ogun, Prof. Abdulganiy Raji, said this in Abeokuta on Monday , at a stakeholders’ meeting on Expansion of Voter Access to Polling Units and Commencement of Continuous Voter Registration in the state Raji explained that when completed, the number of polling units in the state would increase to 5,042. The REC described the planned expansion as “long overdue”, adding that it was informed by inadequate polling units and difficulty in accessing some of the existing ones because of long distance and harsh terrains.
Creates extra 4,861 units in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its readiness to create 4,861 additional polling units in Lagos State, saying that polling units will no longer be sited in private compounds, royal palaces, religious worship centres, among others.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Sam Olumekun, who disclosed this, yesterday, at a stakeholders’ meeting, said the newly-approved polling units would provide unhindered access to citizens to exercise their fundamental rights to vote. x
He said: “Consequently, polling units largely shape citizens’ confidence in the electoral process and similarly determine the level of their participation or apathy, as well as security and safety during elections.
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