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November 1, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said itwould by the first quarter of 2020, take courageous decisions on thecreation of additional pulling units.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information andVoter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this at a dialogue sessionorganised by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Situation Room, in Abuja.
The session was held with INEC Resident ElectoralCommissioners, RECs, ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections.
Okoye said that the Commission would consult critical stakeholdersand take bold steps and decisions on the creation of additional polling unitsand alterations and or adjustment of constituencies.
He said that the Commission could no longer continue withthe ad-hoc procedure of creating Voting Points and Voting Point Settlements.
The current arrangements of voting points, according to him,is stop-gap measures to ease the voting process and create opportunities forpeople in new settlements not covered by previous polling units.
Okoye said that the Commission would also work incollaboration with the National Assembly and the office of the Attorney-Generalof the Federation in effecting reforms to the electoral legal framework.