2015: INEC To Create 30,000 Additional Polling Units.

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2015: INEC To Create 30,000 Additional Polling Units.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday said an
additional 30,000 polling units would be created across Nigeria ahead of the
2015 general election.
This would bring the total number of polling units in the country to 150, 000 as
there are presently 120, 000 units. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC,
in Ondo State, Akin Orebiyi, said this in Akure, while addressing a
stakeholders’ forum organised by the commission over the forthcoming
distribution of Permanent Voters Card, PVC, and the continuous voters’
registration exercise.
According to him, the need for the new polling units arose as a result of the
increase in the population of the country. He also said expansion of the
geographical areas occupied by people also led to the decision to create more
polling units. He said that this would further bring the voting centres nearer to
the electorate.
Mr. Orebiyi stated that a committee had already been put in place at the
national level for the exercise, which he said would be completed before the
commencement of the 2015 general elections. He stated that the creation of
the new polling units would ensure that no more than 300 voters were
accommodated at a voting centre.
The INEC boss stated that the distribution of PVC would take place in Ondo
State between August 15 and 17, while the continuous registration takes place
between August 20 and 25. He said the commission had put necessary
machinery in motion to ensure a hitch free exercise in the state.
Mr. Orebiyi urged the people of the state to take advantage of the opportunity
to either collect their PVC or register newly to enable them exercise their civic
duty of voting during elections.