There will be no voting in 240 Polling Units (PU) across Nigeria in the forthcoming Presidential/National Assembly and Governorship/State House Assembly elections, with 38 of those in Imo State.
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Elections will not be taking place at these units, most of which are the newly created Polling Units, because there are no registered voters at the units.
In a post on its Twitter handle, the Independent National Electoral Commission published a list of the 240 Polling Units across the country with no registered voters and where voting will not take place on 25th February and 11th March, 2023.
The Presidential and National Assembly election will take place on 25th February, while Governorship and State House of Assembly election will take place on 11th March.
A review of the 124 Polling Units by Investogist, shows that Imo State has the highest number with 38 units. Out of the 38 Units, 4 are in Aboh-Mbaise LGA, 1 in Ahiazu Mbaise, 1 in Ezinihite Mbaise, 2 in Ideato North, 1 in Isiala Mbano, 1 in Isu, 1 in Njaba, 5 in Ohaji Egbema, 4 in Orlu, 7 in Orsu, 6 in Oru East, 1 in Owerri Municipal, and 3 in Owerri North LGA.
Below is the list of PUs without a registered voter by Geo-Political Zone;
North Central: 38 Polling Units
- Benue: 10 Polling Units
- Kogi: None
- Kwara: 1 Polling Unit
- Nasarawa: 11 Polling Units
- Niger: 10 Polling Units
- Plateau: 6 Polling Units
North East: 67 Polling Units
- Adamawa: 4 Polling Units
- Bauchi: 6 Polling Units
- Borno: 12 Polling Units
- Gombe: None
- Taraba: 34 Polling Units
- Yobe: 11 Polling Units
North West: 47 Polling Units
- Jigawa: 3 Polling Units
- Kaduna: 8 Polling Units
- Kano: 10 Polling Units
- Katsina: 12 Polling Units
- Kebbi: 5 Polling Units
- Sokoto: 8 Polling Units
- Zamfara: 1 Polling Unit
South East: 64 Polling Units
- Abia: 12 Polling Units
- Anambra: 6 Polling Units
- Ebonyi: 4 Polling Units
- Enugu: 4 Polling Units
- Imo: 38 Polling Units
South South: 8 Polling Units
- Akwa Ibom: None
- Bayelsa: 2 Polling Units
- Cross River: None
- Delta: 4 Polling Units
- Edo: 1 Polling Unit
- Rivers: 1 Polling Unit
South West: 5 Polling Units
- Ekiti: None
- Ogun: None
- Ondo: 2 Polling Units
- Osun: None
- Oyo: None
- Lagos: 3 Polling Units
FCT: 11 Polling Units
For the full list, LGAs, Polling Unit name and Polling Unit number, visit the INEC Twitter thread below.
List of the 240 Polling Units across the country with no registered voters and where voting will not take place on 25th February (Presidential/National Assembly Election) and 11th March 2023 (Governorship/State House of Assembly Election). pic.twitter.com/syGKmE0vNz
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 13, 2023
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
