The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that millions of eligible Nigerian voters may not have the opportunity to cast their votes in the 2023 general elections if additional new polling units are not established.
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2023: Why INEC is creating additional polling units after 25 years ― INEC, Document
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Video, Photo: Septuagenarian cast vote at Polling Unit 003, Famgbe Opolo Ward, Okutukutu, Yenagoa
Say current configuration of 119,973 Polling Units was established by the defunct NECON in 1996 during Abacha
Figures produced in 1996 used for the 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 General Elections
Identify Violence, Congestion, Insufficiency, Voter Apathy, Hijack of Units by Politicians, others as Reasons
Say New Polling Units not Constituency Projects to satisfy politicians
As INEC Chairman presents access to Polling Units Document to 18 political parties today, Afenifere, PANDEF, Ohanaeze, ACF, Media, CSOs, others next week
By Henry Umoru