The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers, on Thursday, provided clarification on the expansion of access to polling
\nunits before the\u00a0 2023 general election.<\/p>\n
Mr Obo Effanga, INEC\u00a0 Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)\u00a0 in the state, gave the clarification in a statement issued by the Public
\nAffairs Officer, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu to newsmen in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n
Effanga stated that the commission was currently holding national consultations\u00a0with various stakeholders on expanding access to polling
\nunits and decongesting existing ones clustered in the same location.<\/p>\n
He further said that the commission would later hold similar consultations at the state and local government levels, on modalities and\u00a0parameters for relocating some of the voting points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese processes will\u00a0 be comprehensive enough to take care of the interest\u00a0of all voters and communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Effanga assured voters in the state that there were plans by the commission to convert the existing voting points and voting point settlements\u00a0in the country, into fully fledged polling units.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan is to expand access to polling units and decongest existing polling\u00a0units clustered in the same location.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is, therefore, unnecessary for citizens and communities to send unsolicited\u00a0requests for the creation of polling units to INEC, because
\nthe commission, as custodian of the data of all registered voters, already knows the locations of the voters and polling units that have passed\u00a0the threshold for expansion.<\/p>\n
\u201cINEC\u00a0 in Rivers is constrained to make this clarification so that no unscrupulous\u00a0person takes advantage of innocent members of the public to
\nclaim ability to attract influence, create or expand access to polling units\u00a0anywhere,\u201dEffanga said. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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