Then 22,000
new polling units allocated in the North is for what purpose?
I first heard his spokesman, Mr Dazang on a television programme say INEC consulted the National Office of Statistics record before arriving at its indices for allocating 90 % of
its new polling units to the North.
I started wandering as to what should guide INEC in
its new polling units allocation: is the figure in INEC own register or extraneous factors?
He said: «Election Management Bodies in our sub-regions and beyond have deployed technology in one way or another to improve on the processes, administration and outcome of elections, ranging from training and capacity - building for electoral officials, promotion of inclusivity in the electoral process (youths, women, PWDs, IDPs and out - of - country / diaspora voters), the biometric registration of voters, delineation of electoral constituencies, geo - referencing of existing as well as the creation of
new polling units, establishment of robust electronic databases, accreditation of voters during elections, actual voting and the speedy and more accurate collation / transmission of results.
«These include: training and capacity building for electoral officials, promotion of inclusivity in the electoral process like youths, women, persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons; biometric registration of voters, delineation of electoral constituencies and geo - referencing of existing as well as the creation of
new polling units.
«Therefore, the insinuation that the commission intends to create 30,000
new polling units to compromise the 2019 General Elections is false, misleading, unfounded and should be disregarded.»
Oyekanmi explained that the commission received 3,789 requests nationwide for the creation of
new polling units, urging Nigerians to disregard the allegation
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied alleged plans to re-introduce 30,000
new polling units so as to compromise the 2019 General Elections.
You are assuming from your counter analogy that
the new polling unit were only created in the north.
Not exact matches
He said that in response to the requests, the commission directed its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to thoroughly asses and provide it with information on
new settlements not served or inadequately served by existing
polling units.
The three - day training programme, which commenced on 21st October and ends today, is particularly important because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would be piloting its
new initiative of transmitting results electronically (e-transmission) from
Polling Units.
This is because many
new urban areas have sprouted and some do not have
polling units.
If we have
polling unit above the max, you create
new ones to decongest it.
Can you tell me the distribution of
polling unit before the creation of the
new ones?