#NigeriaDecides: INEC Officials Set Up Voting Materials At Some Polling Units In Lagos
It’s D-day for the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, West African economic and political giant and officials of the country’s electoral agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have started arriving at some of the 176,606 polling units scattered across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory that make up Nigeria.
With the arrival of INEC officials are voting materials – sensitive and non-sensitive materials.
Interestingly, many voters have besieged polling units in anticipation of accreditation and voting which commence in earnest.
One of the uniqueness of this year’s election is the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS), the technological system stipulated in the Electoral Act of 2022 which allows the accreditation of voters through biometrics capturing, and uploading of results amongst others.
As of 8:22, many of the polling units visited by Worldtopnewsng.com, INEC officials already arrived with election materials.
Polling units visited in Ikeja Ward F, including 019, 017, 014, 016, 028, 029, 031, 032, 021, 035 and 036 Adekunle Vill. Adeniyi Jones, Ogba.
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