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2023 Elections: INEC commences review of polling units in Nigeria

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"kKXGRyGN" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Ahead of the 2023 general elections the Independent National Electoral Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar; has assured Nigerians of a well-organized&comma; conducive&comma; and secured environment for voting as it is currently reviewing and expanding Polling Units across the country to give voters an exciting voting experience&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"i3ROVf7g" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at a presentation to the joint committee on INEC and electoral matters&comma; the INEC Chairman&comma; Prof&period; Mahmood Yakubu identified access to polling units as a major challenge militating against voter turnout during the election and emphasized the need to expand the access if a free&comma; fair and credible election must be achieved in 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;03&sol;pcacc-to-investigate-alleged-diversion-of-palliatives-by-refugees-commission&sol;">Business Tycoon&comma;Dahiru Manga Loses Son To Accident<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Between 1999 and 2019&comma; a period of 20years voter turnout in Nigeria declined by 17&percnt;&period; So one election after another&comma; the voter turnout keeps declining&period; In the last general election for the presidential and national assembly&comma; for the presidential in particular&comma; about 35&percnt; voter turn out whereas between 2000 and 2020 a period of 20 years&comma; the voter turnout in Ghana increased by 17&percnt;&period; What did they get in Ghana right that we have not in Nigeria that theirs is on the upswing and ours is on the downswing&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"5DM1Tdl0" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>President of the Senate&comma; Ahmad Lawan&comma; who also spoke at the presentation&comma; assured that the National Assembly would support the electoral body in achieving its goal by 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let me assure the chairman of INEC and indeed Nigerians that the National Assembly will support INEC fully&comma; completely&comma; and wholly in ensuring that we provide a better voting environment for our citizens&comma; whatever it will take&comma; we will do so because democracy is about participation by the people&period; In addition to creating more polling units&comma; we need to also mobilize voters to go to those polling units to vote&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commission believes the challenge of low voter turnout can be curbed to the barest minimum if polling units can be decongested&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yakubu said&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The right to vote cannot be exercised without a place to vote&period; This time around we decided to start 2years ahead of the next general election&period; The commission believes that converting the voting points&comma; and voting point settlements into polling units offer the least controversial&comma; timely&comma; and inexpensive solution&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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