A total of 121, 111 registered voters will be eligible to vote in this Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State.
The spokesman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State, Alhaji Taiwo Gbadegesin revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
He spoke ahead of the distribution of sensitive materials to various registration areas (wards) in the constituency.
“We have 258 polling units spread across the six wards that make up the Surulere 1 Federal constituency and we have provided 258 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.
“We also have 24 backup BVAS devices, bringing the total number of BVAS to 282.
“We have 140, 377 registered voters in the affected constituency while those who have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are 121, 111.
“This translates into about 86.3% of the voting strength in the area”.
He said the commission had begun the distribution of sensitive materials for the election to various Registration Area Centres in the area. The materials including ballot papers and result sheets were received from the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN in Lagos on Thursday.
12 candidates from different political parties are contesting in the by-election to fill the vacant seat of Surulere 1 Federal Constituency after the former occupant Femi Gbajabiamila resigned to assume the position of Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu.
