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The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed the creation of additional 2,424 polling units in Rivers State.
INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, Obo Effanga stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
He said that at least 2,424 voting points in Rivers State are likely to be converted to full-fledged polling units, noting that the state currently has 4,442 polling units across the 23 local government areas.
If the proposal is ratified by the commission, the number of polling units in Rivers State will increase to 6,866.
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He noted that the commission believes the new number of polling units when verified at the end of the fieldwork which started on April 22, will adequately “serve the 3, 215, 273 registered voters in the state.”
Three staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) serving in Borno State have lost their lives in a ghastly road accident.
The employees, comprising an Electoral Officer (EO) and some Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs), were reportedly travelling from some local councils to Maiduguri for a special training ahead of the conversion of voting points into polling units on Sunday.
Confirming the incident yesterday, National the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, stated that Adamu Mohammed (EO, Biu), Abubakar Joda and Suleiman Umar (AEOs, Damboa) lost their lives while five others sustained injuries. x
According to Okoye, the injured staff members are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.
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