POLITICS BREAKING: Elections will not hold in 240 polling units —INEC Published 6 hours ago on February 13, 2023By Mayowa Oladeji The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that voting would not hold in 240 polling units during the general election scheduled to take place in less than 12 days.Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of INEC, stated this during a meeting with party leaders on Monday.He revealed that nobody registered at these polling units to exercise their franchise.READ ALSO:INEC probes endorsement of post criticising Peter Obi on TwitterHe said; “There are 240 poling units without registered voters spread across 28 states and the FCT. They range from one polling units to 12 polling units in the states as FCT except Taraba and Imo state with 34 and 38 polling units respectively.“No new registrant chose the polling units and no voter indicated interest to transfer to them during the last CVR mainly for security reasons. This means that no election would be held in these poling units”.Earlier on Sunday, the INEC, via a statement published on its website, noted that overcrowded polling units would be decongested to smaller polling units in the same location on election day.The commission also said the list of registered voters in the 176,846 polling units nationwide will be displayed, urging eligible voters to confirm their location on the day of election.Join the conversationOpinionsSupport Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalismBalanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.DONATE NOWRELATED TOPICS:#FEATUREDINECMAHMOUD YAKUBUUP NEXTIt’s fantasy of highest order to think Peter Obi will win in the North —Dele MomoduDON'T MISS‘Tinubu is a bad product; Lalong only deceiving him’ —Ex-Gov, JangYOU MAY LIKETop 10 stories from across Nigerian Newspapers, Monday, February 13, 20232023: INEC to decongest overcrowded polling unitsINEC Ad-hoc staff to swear oath of neutrality, Yakubu saysAppeal Court sacks Abacha as Kano PDP guber candidate, reinstates Wali2023 POLLS: Atiku, others linking INEC with NURTW, Oluomo are being mischievous —OkoyeINEC rules out another extension of deadline for PVCs collectionCLICK TO COMMENT
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