The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed a total number of 44,687 polling and collation agents for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday.
Olumekun noted that a political party fielding candidate in the election is expected to nominate 4,730 agents.
He said, from the 17 parties participating in the election, the Commission expected a cumulative figure of 80,410 agents.
However, only 44,687 were uploaded to the portal made up of 43,043 polling, 1,452 ward, 179 Local Government and 13 State collation agents.
Stating that put together, the 17 political parties nominated 55.6% of the expected number of agents.
He, however, revealed that three political parties uploaded the details of their agents for all levels of polling and collation, while one party has no single agent for any level of voting or collation.
According to him, there are 4,519 polling units and 211 collation centres, comprising 192 ward centres, 18 Local Government centres and the State collation centre in Benin city, the Edo State capital.
He said, a summary of the submissions by political parties has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.
