The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it would by the first quarter of 2020 take courageous decisions on the creation of additional pulling units.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this at a dialogue session organised by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room), in Abuja.
The session was held with INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections.
Mr Okoye said the commission would consult critical stakeholders and take bold steps and decisions on “the creation of additional polling units and alterations and or adjustment of constituencies.”
There are altogether 119,973 polling units and 57,023 voting points nationwide in the country.
He said the commission could no longer continue with the 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 for people in new settlements not covered by previous polling units.
Mr Okoye said the commission would also work in collaboration with the National Assembly and the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation in effecting reforms to the electoral legal framework.
He urged the Nigerians to have faith in the electoral process and work towards democratic consolidation.
Mr Okoye noted that at the conclusion of the 2019 general elections, aggrieved parties and candidates filed and served the commission with 807 petitions.

 (PREMIUMTIMES)