The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Sunday its plans to decongest overcrowded polling units in the upcoming elections, adding that the aim of the decongestion was to ease the voting process. The electoral umpire also urged eligible voters to visit its website to confirm their names on the voters’ register and the location of polling units.
The announcement reads, “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in exercise of its powers under Section 40(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 has allotted voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same location to promote a more pleasant and stress-free voting experience on Election Day.
“Please visit INEC’s Voter Verification System on: www.cvr.inecnigeria.org/vvs or voters.inecnigeria.org to check your name on the register of voters and confirm the location of your polling unit where you will vote on Election Day.
“Furthermore, the list of registered voters in the 176,846 polling units nationwide will be on display at each polling unit prior to Election Day.
“Eligible voters are encouraged to visit their polling units to check for their name on the register and confirm the location of their polling unit where they will vote on Election Day.”
February 25 has been scheduled by the Commission for the election of a new president of Nigeria and members of the National Assembly; Senate and House of Representatives while governorship and state assembly elections would be conducted on March 11.
