There was tension at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Sunday, forcing INEC to postpone the final collation of results for the Edo State governorship election to 11 a.m.

INEC made the announcement in the early hours of Sunday at its headquarters in Benin, the Edo State capital, which also serves as the final collation centre.

The announcement came after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, held a four-hour meeting with INEC officials and the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba, at the INEC headquarters. Mr Mba is leading the police team to supervise the election.

The Edo governor was at the INEC headquarters to protest the collation process, which he and his party alleged had been compromised against them.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 74.68 percent of the results of the Edo governorship election on its Result Viewing Portal.

The report from the portal on Saturday revealed that 3,375 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections were conducted in the state have been uploaded to the portal.

Check out some of the polling unit results released below:

Polling Unit 008, Ward 04, Esan West LGA

APC – 77
PDP – 59

PU15, Ward 1, Ewohimi, Esan south-east LGA, Edo state

APC 11
ADC 2
PDP 147

Accredited Voters: 165

Registered Voters: 230

Valid votes : 160

PU11, Ward 1, Ewohimi, Esan south-east, Edo state

APC: 38
APGA: 1
PDP: 201

Accredited Voters: 241

Registered Voters: 969

PU: 20

Open Space Osagiede Uzzi

Ward: Ogbe

LG: Oredo

APC: 38

Labour: 2

PDP: 105

University of Benin, Ekwhuan campus.

PU60, Ward 01,

Ogbe, Oredo LGA,
Edo state

APC 11

PDP 27

LP 05

Open Space Osagiede Uzzi

Ward: Ogbe

LG: Oredo

Edo State

APC: 8

Labour: 3

PDP: 35

University of Benin, Ekwhuan campus.

PU58, Ward 01,

Oredo LGA, Edo state.

APC 23
PDP 68
LP 09

University of Benin, Ekwhuan campus.

PU59, Ward 01,
Oredo LGA, Edo state.

APC 16
PDP 67
LP 09

University of Benin, Ekwhuan campus
PU62, Ward 01, Ogbe,

Oredo LGA, Edo state.

APC 13
PDP 19
LP 02

Olumide Akpata, Labour Party candidate, loses polling unit to Ighodalo

Location: PU11,

Ward 06,
Oredo LGA Results

PDP: 41
APC: 19
LP: 32

Obaseki wins polling unit

Location: PU19,
Ward 04,
Oredo LGA

PDP: 127
APC: 35
LP: 11

P:U – 007( Agbor/Ogbonka- Agbor Primary School)

RA: 03 (Ewatto)

LGA: Esan South-east

APC – 132

PDP -78

LP – 0

PDP’s Ighodalo wins polling unit

Ward 1 unit 3, Okaigben Ewohim.

PDP polled 200 votes.

APC 45 votes.

LP scored 0 vote

Etsako West:
Ward 10, PU 13

APC:119
PDP:113
APGA:1

Etsako West:
Ward 10, PU 17

APC:127
PDP:70
LP:3
0

Etsako West LGA:
Polling Unit: 01, Ward 10

APC: 403
PDP: 1
ADC: 1

Ward 10, PU 13,Etsako West

Ward 10, PU 13

APC:119
PDP:113
APGA:1

Etsako West:
Ward 10, PU 17

APC:127
PDP:70
LP:3
0

Etsako West LGA:
Polling Unit: 01, Ward 10

APC: 403
PDP: 1
ADC: 1

Ward 10, PU 13,Etsako West

APC:119
PDP:113
APGA:1

Ward 10:Unit 17, Etsako West.
APC:127
PDP:70
LP:3

Esan Central LGA:
Polling Unit: 001, Uwessan 1

APC: 102
PDP: 1
LP: 1

PU15, Ward 1, Ewohimi, Esan south-east, Edo state

APC: 11

ADC: 2

PDP: 147

PU19, Ward 04, Oredo LGA

PDP: 127
APC: 35
LP: 11

PU001, Uwessan 1, Esan Central LGA

APC: 102

PDP: 1

LP: 1

Edo decides: Early Result: PU002, Ward 08, Ovia South/West LGA

PDP: 62

APC: 165

LP: 05

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Ward: OKPELLA I
Lga: ETSAKO EAST

APC 210
PDP 51
LP 04
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Esan south-east LGA:
Polling Unit 11: Ward 01, Ewohimi

PDP 201
APC 38
APGA 1

Oredo LGA:
Polling Unit: 05. Ward 02, GRA/Etete

PDP: 58
APC 15
LP: 12

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The Nutrition Society of Nigeria has raised alarm over  what it described as the  worrisome state of increase in hunger caused by food scarcity.

The association made the assertion, during its 54th Annual  Scientific Conference held in Kano saying,   due to increase in food scarcity , women and children in large number are now suffering indiscriminately from poverty and and malnutrition.

The national president of the association, professor Wasiu Afolabi ,  in a chat with journalists in Kano, as part of the NSN week long  annual activities , lamented  that the poor state of nutrition has had an adverse effect on  national economic growth, calling for actions to reverse the situation.

He stressed that  security challenges  in Nigeria  that are tied to  banditry, kidnapping are some of the key issues  that are responsible for  backward effect in food production that is been witnessed.

He explained that the security challenges in some  major parts of Nigeria were responsible for the barring  of farmers from staying on their farm to produce food, adding that this has contributed immensely to the decrease in food production , which  has led to adverse increase in cases of malnutrition.

He also decried the continous rise in inflation, citing this as one of the reason people can not have access to adequate food.

He further lamented that issues around climate change has also  culminated into rampant cases  flooding, desertification and other effects resulting  into the depreciating state of food production been recorded  over time in Nigeria.

The society said that cases of flooding in several parts of Nigeria has resulted in the washing away of  expanse of farm lands, which  has contributed  to inadequate food in the land.

He appealed to Nigerian  authorities at all strata to proceed  into  partnership with critical stakeholders with the goal  to embark  on massive food production programmes to address the issues bordering on inadequate food production .

He also urged that there is the urgent need for the development of new strategies in growing crops that will improve nutritional values.

According to him there is the need to develop tools for the creation of awareness on nutrition amongst the populace , noting that, if the citizen are well informed on how to combine food varieties to achieve nutritional balance the malfeasance challenges causing  malnutrition, hunger and poverty would be submerged.