Chuks Okocha in Abuja
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, yesterday revealed that the commission had resolved to create additional voting units ahead of 2023 general elections.
Mahmood who spoke at the technical session on the amendment of the Electoral Act, which was organised the by Joint National Assembly Committee on INEC, said there was need to create additional pooling units in the country.
He added that the last time pooling units were created was in 1996.
He said: “We need to expand access of voters to pooling units. The last time pooling units were created was in 1996.”