The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is pressing ahead with arrangements for all the scheduled elections in the country regardless of the commotion sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Independent National Electoral Commission is pressing ahead with arrangements for all the scheduled elections in the country regardless of the commotion sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The INEC chairman said the RECs in the nine affected states have been directed to begin preparations in earnest. “In addition to the two governorship elections, the Commission is also making preparations to conduct nine legislative by-elections. “The Edo and Ondo governorship elections as well as the five senatorial and four state assembly by-elections are spread across nine states of the federation involving a cumulative number of 62 local government areas ; 687 registration areas ; 9,149 polling units and 6,454,950 registered voters.
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