The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that election will not hold in 240 polling units.
The INEC Chairman, stated this at a meeting with leaders of political parties on Monday.
Yakubu stated nobody chose to vote in these polling units.
It would be recalled that the Commission had advised eligible voters in the upcoming general election to visit its online portal to know their polling units.
The commission gave the advice in a short message titled “Information for all eligible voters,” issued on Sunday in Abuja. The commission said this was important as it had moved some allotted voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same location to promote a stress-free voting experience on election day.
“INEC in exercise of its powers under Section 40(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, has allotted voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same location to promote a more pleasant and stress-free voting experience on election day.
“Please visit the INEC’s Voter Verification System on: www.cvr.inecnigeria.org/vvs or voters.inecnigeria.org to check your name on the register of voters and confirm the location of your polling unit where you will vote on election day,” it stated.
The commission added that the list of registered voters in the 176,846 polling units nationwide would be on display at each polling unit prior to the election day.
