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Benin – Stakeholders in Edo on Friday raised concerns about creation of 1,892 additional polling units by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state.
The stakeholders raised these concerns during a meeting organised by INEC on the expansion of voter access to polling units in Benin.
Mr Anthony Aziegbemi, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, commended INEC on the proposed creation of additional polling units in the state.
Aziegbemi, however, said that some people might be taken away to polling units that were not close to their homes
“I do not want a situation where you want to solve a problem but create another.
Orji argued that polling units situated in inappropriate places hinder electorate’s access to voting during elections.
“Those polling units in such inappropriate places are not good for our elections. Most times, people see them as personal polling units. We want to make the polling units accessible to all voters,” he said.
Orji said that the commission would also increase the number of polling units in the state from 4,608 to 5,720 to give access to more voters.
The REC lamented that less than 30 percent of registered voters in the state cast their votes in the last general election and called on the stakeholders in the state to mobilise voters to actively participate in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
INEC creates 440 additional polling units in Bayelsa
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By Emem Idio, Yenagoa
As part of its voter access expansion exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the Commission has created 440 additional polling units in Bayelsa State.
The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Cyril Omoregbe, who stated this at an expanded stakeholder meeting in Yenagoa, the State capital on Tuesday, noted that with this development, Bayelsa State had 1,804 polling units before the exercise, now has 2,244 Polling Units.
He explained that the Commission was expanding voter access to polling units by converting existing voting points and settlements into full polling units, adding that “INEC also seized this opportunity to relocate existing polling units to places where they are closer or more accessible to voters, as well as decongest existing polling units by reducing the number of voters at polling units.”
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