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2027: Kano Govt tasks INEC to create additional Polling Units
The Kano State Government has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to create additional Polling Centres and Polling Units in the state, ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Ibrahim Waiya, the state’s Commissioner for Information, stated this when he visited the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Alhaji Abdu Zango in his office in Kano.
Waiya, also the Chairman of the state Voter Registration Committee, told the INEC REC that the measure was to cater for the increasing population in the state.
He said that new districts had been created by the Kano Emirate to take care of the increasing population in the state, saying there was need for the commission to create additional polling units to accommodate the people in the new districts.
Waiya said that Kano as the most populous state in the country, had continued to witnessed increase in the number of voters, requiring additional polling units.
Responding, Zango assured that INEC would continue to maintain its role as an impartial empire, promising to collaborate with the government toward attaining its goal.
He said that about 360,000 Permanent Voter’s Cards(PVCs) had yet to be collected after the last Continuous Voter Registration(CVR) in the state, appealing to owners to come forward and pick their cards.
