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2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by ChelseaArmy(m): 3:20pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
has commenced the processes to create additional
polling units (PUs) across the country.
The National Commissioner and Chairman,
Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC),
Festus Okoye, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the
end of the management meeting of the commission.
Daily Trust reports that INEC had in August 2014
proposed to create additional 30, 027 polling units,
with the northern region getting 21,615 while the
southern region was to get 8,412 units.
The development led to controversy thus forcing
INEC to jettison the plan.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had said
in an interview that Nigeria is currently underserved
with its 119,973 PUs and over 57,000 voting points
(VPs).
Engages stakeholders
Okoye, however said on Tuesday that the commission
would engage stakeholders on the planned expansion
of voter access to the PUs.
According to him, for several weeks, the commission
has been preparing for these national engagements
to address the inadequacies of PUs in Nigeria and the
challenges they pose to election management.
He said that some of these challenges include
overcrowding, numerous unserved populations and
poor locations, which are potentially disenfranchising
millions of Nigerians, and also pose health risks in
the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This is a national problem that calls for national
consensus. For several years the commission has
tried to address this fundamental challenge to
democratic consolidation and election administration
with minimal success. This has been mainly due to
inadequate engagement between the commission
and stakeholders.
Voting Point Settlements in the FCT
“Consequently, the commission has had to resort to
interim measures such as creating Voting Points at
Polling Units nationwide and establishing Voting Point
Settlements in the FCT,” Okoye said.
He that these engagements will afford an opportunity
for the commission to consult with stakeholders in
order to build a genuine national consensus to
address the problem of declining voter access to
PUs.
He added that the commission, in the next few
weeks, plans to engage with diverse stakeholders
including political parties, civil society organizations,
religious leaders, traditional institutions, labour
unions, socio-cultural organizations, various arms of
the federal government, and also state governments.
He said that among the burning issues to be
addressed at these consultations are the challenges
that declining access to PUs pose to democracy and
election management in Nigeria.
He therefore urged all stakeholders in the electoral
process and Nigerians at large to work with INEC us
to address this issue.
https://dailytrust.com/2023-inec-moves-to-create-new-polling-units
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Re: 2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by ChelseaArmy(m): 3:20pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
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Re: 2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by engrsyer(m): 4:01pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
The sharing of the over 30k PUs should be even between North and South. Can you imagine " with the northern region getting 21,615 while the southern region was to get 8,412 units". |
Re: 2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by garfield1: 4:10pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
engrsyer: I agree.it should have been 16000 to north,14000 to south 1 Like |
Re: 2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by MarveworldG: 4:17pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
Good |
Re: 2023: INEC Moves To Create New Polling Units by 4ckyou: 4:53pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
garfield1: Oga why are you guys doing like this? Or you guys don't know buhari again, no be Nigeria una they? He always favor the north no matter what, or you didn't read the news when DSS were recruiting back then when he allocate all the slot to his brothers in katsina. |
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