INEC clarifies expansion of access to polling units nationwide
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers, on Thursday, provided clarification on the expansion of access to polling units before the 2023 general election.
Mr Obo Effanga, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, gave the clarification in a statement issued by the Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu to newsmen in Port Harcourt.
Effanga stated that the commission was currently holding national consultations with various stakeholders on expanding access to polling units and decongesting existing ones clustered in the same location.
He further said that the commission would later hold similar consultations at the state and local government levels, on modalities and parameters for relocating some of the voting points.
The Upper East Regional Police Command says it has extended an invitation to tomato traders and commercial drivers plying the Bolgatanga-Paga highway to help find ways of dealing with the spate of armed robbery attacks on that stretch of the road.
However, before that meeting is held, the police command says it has put in place some measures to curb robberies on the road.
One of the measures is the positioning of personnel at Karemenga, which is between the North East and the Upper East Regions so that anytime tomato traders and drivers approach the area they are able to draw the attention of police for security to be provided.
Assistant Superintendent of Police David Fianko-Okyere
The Upper East Regional Police Command says it has extended an invitation to tomato traders and commercial drivers plying the Bolgatanga-Paga highway to help find ways of dealing with the spate of armed robbery attacks on that stretch of the road.
However, before that meeting is held, the police command says it has put in place some measures to curb robberies on the road.
One of the measures is the positioning of personnel at Karemenga, which is between the North East and the Upper East Regions, so that anytime tomato traders and drivers approach the area they are able to draw the attention of police for security to be provided.
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