INEC moves to create new Polling Units, set to engage stakeholders
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By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has expressed its desire to engage stakeholders in the nation’s electoral space with a view to reaching a national consensus on the creation of new polling units across the country.
INEC had in September 2018 promised to create new polling units after the 2019 general elections, but that it would, however, do so after due consultations with all stakeholders.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, had told Vanguard in 2018 stated that the commission had received 3, 789 requests nationwide for the creation of new polling units, and that the commission had directed its Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs to thoroughly assess and provide it with information on “new settlements that are not served or inadequately served by existing polling units; areas with natural barriers that hinder access to existing polli
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