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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it plans to meet with stakeholders in a few weeks time to address the inadequacies of Polling Units (PUs) in Nigeria. INEC disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye in Abuja on Tuesday. Okoye said that
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Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara, says the commission will create more polling units ahead of the 2023 elections in the state. Attahiru-Madami said this on Saturday in Patigi after he monitored the conduct of the by-election into the Patigi constituency seat at the state House
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By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, in Akwa Ibom state, has expressed disappointment over the disruptions reported in Ukana West (Ward 11), Units 5, 8, and 9 as well as Ikpe Annang (Ward 5), Unit 12 in Essien Udim local government Council during Saturday re-run election. The electoral umpire in
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A Coalition of Accredited Domestic Election Observers for Kogi governorship election has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create more polling units across the country. The coalition made the call during a press briefing on its preliminary findings on the state election in Abuja. Mr Valentine Ejeh, National Coordinator the organisation’s Peace Campaign,
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As polls opened in Lagos State for the governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday, some voters and electoral officials arrived early at the polling units, while it was a different story in some other areas visited.
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Some polling units in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded low turn out of voters for the chairmanship and counsellorship polls.
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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has urged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore possibilities of installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras in polling units and collation centres during the forthcoming election.
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On the march again! Whereas Professor Attahiru Jega, immediate past National Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, brought some reforms of significant reckoning to the processes and procedures of
Nigeria’s electoral system, his controversial allocation of 30,000 Polling Units, PUs, which was shot down in 2015, may be on its way to being surreptitiously re-introduced by the new leadership of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Materials have arrived polling units as at about 8am in Anambra state polling units.
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