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An electoral official count ballots at a polling station in Kaduna on March 9, 2019, after Nigeria’s governorship and state assembly elections. – For the second time in a fortnight, Nigerians went to the polls to elect governors in 29 of Nigeria’s 36 states, all state assemblies and administrative councils in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. The Independent National Electoral Commission is expected to announce the results in a few days.

“With all the challenges that manual voting has posed to us a nation, I will advice INEC to adopt full use of technology. “It will solve a lot of problems created by manual voting and will also allow people in the Diaspora participate in our elections,”he said. The lawmaker, however, commended INEC for improving on the hiccups experienced in the presidential and national assembly elections during Saturday’s exercise.Mr Sanai Agunbiade, a state lawmaker, said enlightenment of voters ahead of the election helped in achieving the turnout witnessed in the area.

Mr Babatunde Rotinwa, Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, on his part, commended INEC for bringing the election materials early in the area.

 

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vanguardngr I think is possible when nigeria have 24hrs power supply in all nook and crany of the nation, may be after mambilla electricity project is completed

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