CPC petitions INEC over 30,000 fake polling units

The Congress for Progressive Change has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, complaining over alleged 30,000 non-existing polling units in some parts of the country.

In a letter addressed to the INEC chairman by CPC‘s National Votes Guards and Awareness Organisation, the party said the issue was capable of derailing the April elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the March 1, 2011 petition, which was signed by
the organisation‘s National Coordinator, Mr. Mohammad Kailani, alleged that the CPC,
Action Congress of Nigeria and other political pressure groups had identified more than 30,000 non-existent polling centres in some parts of the country.
”Out of the 120,000 polling units declared by INEC for the purpose of the 2011 general elections, 30,000 polling units are found to be non-existent.
”This figure was arrived at after thorough research, investigations and calculations
conducted by us CPC, ACN and other stakeholders including the civil society groups,” the petition reads in part.
The CPC also claimed that the number of polling centres in some electoral wards in the
country were reduced without any explanation.NEMA develops National Contingency Plan for Nigeria


The National Emergency Management Agency has commenced the development of a
National Contingency Plan for Nigeria to enable it to respond promptly and effectively to
disasters.
The NEMA Director-General, Alhaji Muhammad Sidi, said this while declaring open a
two-day workshop to develop the plan in Abuja on Wednesday, the News Agency of
Nigeria reports.

He noted at the workshop, organised by NEMA in conjunction with stakeholders in the
sector, that there was the need to adopt standard guidelines for minimum response to disasters.
Sidi, represented by the agency‘s Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Forecasting,
Mr. Alhassan Nuhu, said the contingency plan would serve as back up to the agency‘s response.

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