- Imo 37, Taraba 33, Lead States
THE insecurity issues in the North-East and South-East regions have clearly affected voters’ registration turn out as both zones lead the figures of INEC’s 240 polling units with no elections.
News Point Nigeria reported that, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had published a list 240 polling units across the country with no registered voters late on Monday.
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier on Monday disclosed at a meeting with political parties in Abuja that these polling units have no registered voters, adding that the total number of polling units in the country is now 176,606.
The list obtained by News Point Nigeria reveals that, the North-East region with 65 polling units has the highest units with no elections; Adamawa 4, Bauchi 6, Borno 11, Taraba 33 and Yobe 11.
Closely behind the North-East with a high no-election polling units is the South-East with 63 units; Abia 12, Anambra 6, Ebonyi 4, Enugu 4 and Imo 37.
Others are the North-West with 47 no-election polling units; Jigawa 3, Kaduna 8, Kano 10, Katsina 12, Kebbi 5, Sokoto 8 and Zamfara 1.
North-Central has 38 no-election polling units; Benue 10, Kwara 1, Nasarawa 11, Plateau 5 as well as the FCT with 11.
South-South has 8; Bayelsa 2, Delta 4, Edo 1 and Rivers 1 but the entire South-West has only 5; Lagos with 3 and Ondo has 2.
The list also shows that 8 state were not on the no-election polling units list; Kogi, Gombe, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun and Oyo.
News Poiint Nigeria reported that, the INEC Chairman had said voters assigned to new polling units will receive text messages to know their new polling units before the February 25 and March 11, 2023 general elections.
See also:
https://newspointnigeria.com.ng.ng/just-in-see-full-list-of-inecs-240-polling-units-with-no-registered-voters/
