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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, appealed for public support for its planned increase in the number of polling units across the country.
INEC equally stressed the need for enhanced voter education in order to ensure the delivery of free, fair and credible elections.
The Commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Nick Dazang, said this in an address during the opening ceremony of the INEC/IFES Voter Education Manual Review/Validation and Training of Trainers Workshop for VE Staff of the INEC, held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday.
2023: INEC links planned new polling units to COVID-19, others
Friday Olokor, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased voter population and difficult terrain, among others, have made creation of additional polling units inevitable.
INEC also said the expansion of voter access to polling units through the creation of additional polling units was crucial to voter turnout in the 2023 elections.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, stated these in his opening remarks on Friday during a consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja.
According to him, it is necessary to decongest polling units in view of the pandemic to minimise overcrowding.