By Our Reporter

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has created a total of 1,235 new polling units in Imo State.

Imo state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Francis Ezeonu made the disclosure at a press conference in Owerri.

He explained that the new units emerged from the 3,523 existing polling units, based on a national threshold of 500-750.

“In Imo State, a total of 1,235 new polling units have emerged from the 3,523 existing polling units, based on a national threshold of 500-750. This brings the total number of polling units in Imo State, to 4,758.

“The Local Government Area Electoral Officers have undertaken a painstaking exercise of identifying suitable public places for locating these new polling units and geo-referencing them, using Global Positioning System, GPS, coordinates.”

Ezeonu however, assured that in areas where there are no suitable places, the voting points will be converted to polling units and retained in their present location.

Ezeonu said: “It must be stated that the exercise was done purely on available data and approved guidelines.

“The Commission is undertaking a verification of this exercise and will, as soon as this is completed, compile the new polling units and publish their names and delineation data before the resumption of continuous voter registration exercise, scheduled to resume in June.”