The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 1,574,301 polling unit agents were nominated by the nation’s 18 registered political parties for the general election.
A document released in the wee hours of Monday by the commission showed that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP has the highest number of polling units agents—176,588.
It is followed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with 176,233, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with 176,200, and the Labour Party (LP) with 134,874.
All the political parties also nominated a total of 68,057 collection agents and 27 agents for the National Collation Center.
Nigeria has 176,846 polling units, but elections would only take place in 176,606 of them because 240 of the total have no registered voters, according to INEC.
In terms of state, Kano has the highest number of party polling unit agents—145,393 from the three political parties of APC, PDP, and NNPP; followed by Lagos with a combined 98,646 from the three political parties; and Rivers with a combined 79,795.
