- INEC has said 6,609,115 residents are eligible to vote in Lagos during the 2019 general elections in the state
- This was disclosed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr. Sam Olumekun
- Lagos state has 245 registration areas (wards), 8,462 polling units and 3669 voting points
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos said 6,609,115 residents were eligible to vote in the 2019 general elections in the state.
Mr. Sam Olumekun, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) disclosed this at a workshop on Lagos state election security strategic plan for 2019 elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop was organised by Nigeria Policing Programme (NPP) in collaboration with INEC in Lagos state.
Prince Adelani Asade, the administrative secretary of the commission delivered Olumekun’s speech at the workshop.
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Lagos state has 245 registration areas (wards), 8,462 polling units, and 3669 voting points across the 20 local governments of the state and Olumekun agreed that security is key to holding a successful election.
“6, 609, 115 eligible Nigerians registered to vote during the 2019 general elections in the state.
“I am profoundly grateful to NPP for organising this very important and timely workshop on elections security considering the role of good security structure in the conducting a peaceful and successful general elections in 2019.
“It is crucial to say that with 91 political parties and about 74 million voters geared to take informed decision and action at the general elections in 2019, the security of election officials, materials, and the electorate is of utmost importance to the commission.
“Indeed, security is key to the conduct of credible elections. INEC in Lagos is truly proud of partnering with NPP at this most auspicious time in the electoral cycle,” Olumekun said.
The INEC commissioner commended the NPP and hoped that the workshop would give the commission the opportunity to review, reflect, brainstorm, and re-engineer its security structure and strategy.
He added that the commission’s pro-activeness on security, had informed regular meeting of the inter-agency consultative committee on election security where matters concerning security before, during and after elections were discussed.
Olumekun also promised that INEC would improve on the conduct of elections in 2019.
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Meanwhile, election observer group, YIAGA Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make public its report on the monitoring of political parties’ primaries held recently in preparations for the 2019 general elections.
The group made the demand on Thursday, October 11, in Abuja, during a press briefing on the conduct of political party primaries for the 2019 general elections.
Speaking at the briefing, Ezenwa Nwagwu, co-chair, WTV working group, and Cynthia Mbamalu, project director, YIAGA Africa WTV, raised issues around exclusion of youth and women, high cost of nomination forms, vote buying and selling, access and transparency. open flouting of party guidelines, INEC guidelines as well as the Electoral Act.
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