NigeriaDecides2023: How INEC contributed to low turnout
expressing commitment to ensuring that the ongoing general elections are credible and successful, several abnormalities from the commission and its officials hampering voters’ participation have erupted across voting stations in the country.
For instance, at Asnogbakiri polling unit 14 of Brass local government area in Bayelsa State, our observers on the ground observed that the centre was without any voters due to late arrivals of voting materials. A similar situation was also recorded at polling unit 16 of Brass LGA. At about 4:34 p.m., the presiding officer of the centre said only two accredited voters voted out of 373 registered voters of the unit.
The presiding officer at the unit attributed the low turnout to the argument that erupted due to the unavailability of original and duplicate result sheets at the centre before the accreditation process began, causing the voters to return home. Also, terrorist attacks and lingering fears of insurgent attacks have affected voting processes across states in the North eastern regions of the country coupled with the naira scarcity in the country.
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