The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it’s putting everything in place to ensure that next year’s general election is successful.
Speaking on Monday at the inauguration of the Election Crisis Communication Team (ECCT), National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the INEC, Festus Okoye, disclosed that Nigerians would elect candidates for 1,491 constituencies.
The event was organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).
Okoye said the constituents to be elected comprises one presidential constituency, 28 governorship elections, 109 senatorial districts, 360 federal constituencies and 993 state assembly seats for the 2023 elections.
“In preparations, INEC would be involved in recruiting and training staff and managing the logistics for their deployment to 176,846 polling units, spread across 8,809 electoral wards, 774 local government areas, 37 states of the federation and the FCT.
“This is in addition to applying strategic approaches to ensure the printing and collection of PVCs by registered voters and replacing lost cards before the 2023 general election.
“These tasks are better appreciated when one reasons that the projected voter population for the 2023 general election is about 95 million, which is over 20 million more than the combined voter population of the other 14 countries in West Africa.
“The commission is expected to perform these duties exceptionally despite the myriad geographical challenges that characterize the country, especially poor transportation systems,” he said.