The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nigeria has suspended plans to create additional polling units before the 2015 general elections.
In a statement, the electoral body’s spokesperson, Mrs Augusta
Ogakwu, said the decision was reached after the commission, in a meeting
held on Tuesday, reviewed reports sent in from States by Resident
Electoral Commissioners on ‘reconfiguration of the polling unit
structure and creation of additional polling units’.
Mrs Ogakwu said that the INEC considered the controversy over
creation of additional polling units that had been overheating the
polity, and the apparent inadequacy of time for the exercise before
taking the decision.
“The Commission took a decision to suspend the exercise until after the 2015 general elections,” the statement read.
The Commission said it would continue with the use of Voting Points,
where necessary, to mitigate population pressure in overcrowded polling
units during the forthcoming elections, one of the reasons it had
earlier cited for trying to set up more polling units.
It further said it would relocate polling units from unsuitable
locations and also, as much as possible, ensure that polling units were
located in enclosures like classrooms, rather than in open spaces.
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