Obaseki wants more voting centres in Edo

The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made a case for the
creation of more voting centres in the state to decongest the existing
ones.
Obaseki made the request when he received the new Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) posted by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to the state at the Government House in Benin City
on Thursday.
The governor said some Edo voters in the September 28 gubernatorial
election complained that voting centres were located far from their
homes while others complained that some of the centres were congested.
He maintained that the creation of more voting centres would encourage
electorates to exercise their franchise in future elections as the
issue of long queues that leads to time wastage would be minimized.
Speaking about the non-collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) he
said that local government councils and state government agencies
would be mobilized to fast track the distribution process to members
of the public.
Earlier, the new INEC Edo REC, Mr. Obo Effanga, said the commission
was working towards the creation of more voting centres in the state.
He explained that about 460, 000 PVCs were yet to be collected in the
state and appealed to the governor to help mobilize the citizens to
come forward for their cards.
He added that the voters’ registration process was on-going in the
state and urged persons yet to register and those that have misplaced
their PVCs to take advantage of the ongoing exercise.