Chairman
of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood,
yesterday disclosed that the commission had resolved to create additional
voting units ahead of 2023 general elections.
Speaking
at the technical session on the amendment of the Electoral Act organized the by Joint National Assembly
Committee on INEC, Mahmood said there was need to create additional pooling
units in the country adding that the last time pooling units were created was
in 1996.
He
said: “We need to expand access of voters to pooling units. The last time
pooling units were created was in 1996.”
At
the event yesterday, the Attorney General of Federation (AGF) and Minister of
Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, failed to show up.
The
joint panel had last week held a public hearing on the amendment of the
Electoral Act.
The
lawmakers proceeded with the amendment by holding Technical Committee with the
INEC chairman, Mahmood.
But
neither Malami nor his representative was anywhere to be seen when the Chairman
of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya and other members of the committee
introduced themselves.
The
chairman however asked the committee secretariat to contact the Office of the
Attorney General of Federation (OAGF) over his absence at the meetings.
Speaking
earlier, the Chairman of the Joint Session, Senator Gaya, said the committee
received a total number of 35 submission and several other presentations
including the presentation of Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan and Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.
He
added that part of the submission of stakeholders are Diaspora voting, full
biometric for accreditation, electronic voting and electronic transmission of
vote results, reduction on the cost conducting elections, electronic
accreditation, continuous registration of voters and improvement of election administration.
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