The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said with the 119,973 polling units and 57, 023 voting points, it might cost each party N884m to deploy agents in all the polling units.
The INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, said this during an interview with Punch.
He said if each political party paid each polling agent N5,000, the total cost might be as high as N884m.
Okoye, therefore, rejected recommendations by the Inter-Party Advisory Council for the commission to provide funds for parties.
The INEC commissioner said, “Even political parties that have resources find it difficult deploying agents in all the polling units.
We have roughly 120,000 polling units and then we will create over 50,000 voting points and at the end of the day, you will have almost 180,000 polling units.
“If you are paying a party agent N5,000 per polling unit at 160,000 polling units from morning till night; you know what that means.
“So, if you multiply N5, 000 by 180,000 you know much that will cost. At the ward collation centre we have 8, 809 wards and each party will send agents to 8, 809 collation centres.
So, it makes it a near impossibility for any party that does not have funds to send party agents and so on.”
Source: Punch
Let Zebra News help your business/brand reach a wider audience. Advertise with us today! Contact Our Marketing Team; Tel: 08062622328, 07083662767. Email: zebranewsng@gmail.com
