240 polling units

The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu had during a meeting with the national leaders of political parties in Abuja on Monday said the elections won't hold ...

This means that no elections will hold in these polling units,’’ Yakubu said. Yakubu also explained that in 2021, INEC expanded the number of polling units from 119,973 to the current figure of 176,846, noting that they are currently redistributing voters to the polling units in order to avoid the congestion. Below are the four reasons the elections won’t hold in the concerned polling units according to the INEC boss.

INEC said elections will not hold in polling units because no voter chose the units during the last Continuous Voter Registration between June 2021 and July ...

“You may recall that in 2021, with your support and that of other critical stakeholders, the Commission successfully expanded voter access to polling units 25 years after the last delimitation exercise in 1996. Details of the simple procedure will be uploaded to our social media platforms shortly.” “There are 240 polling units without registered voters spread across 28 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Good journalism costs a lot of money. This means that no elections will hold in these polling units.” This should not happen on election day,” he said.

Nigeria's electoral commission head said on Monday that 240 polling centres will not be used in upcoming elections, as no one had chosen them due to ...

mainly for security reasons," Yakubu said. Separatist and gang violence is a major concern for Nigerians when they vote on Feb. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Yakubu recalled that the Commission had made efforts to redistribute voters to polling units in order to avoid the congestion that made voting cumbersome in ...

The Commission is finalising the issuance of 1,642,386 identification tags for the Polling and Collation Agents nominated by the 18 political parties made up of 1,574,301 Polling Agents and 68,085 Collation Agents. Closely related to the distribution of voters is the identification of polling units. Turning to the ongoing electioneering campaigns, the Commission is concerned about violent attacks on supporters of political parties across the board, resulting in the loss of life in some cases. In addition, all voters who have been assigned to new polling units will receive text messages from the Commission indicating their polling units. This requires the redistribution of voters to new polling units in proximate locations. In our avowed commitment to transparency, the Commission is making available to Nigerians a comprehensive list of these polling units by name, code number and their locations by State, Local Government and Registration Area. They range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in each State and the FCT, except Taraba and Imo States with 34 and 38 polling units respectively. Consequently, the Commission is advising voters to confirm the locations of their polling units through a dedicated portal on our website. No new registrants chose the polling units and no voters indicated interest to transfer to them during the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), mainly for security reasons. At previous meetings, we also briefed you on our efforts to redistribute voters to the polling units in order to avoid the congestion that made voting cumbersome in many of them nationwide. Consequently, the number of polling units increased from 119,973 to the current figure of 176,846. We appreciate that you are in the middle of your electioneering campaigns nationwide and yet found time to attend this meeting in spite of the short notice.

The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier on Monday disclosed at a meeting with political parties in Abuja that the polling units have no registered voters ...

List of the 240 Polling Units across the country with no registered voters and where voting will not take place on 25th February (Presidential/National Assembly Election) and 11th March 2023 (Governorship/State House of Assembly Election). The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier on Monday disclosed at a meeting with political parties in Abuja that the polling units have no registered voters, adding that the total number of polling units in the country is now 176,606. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published 240 polling units across the country with no registered voters.