The nation’s 18 officially recognised political parties nominated 1,574,301 polling unit agents, according to the Independent National Election Commission, INEC.
According to a document the commission provided early on Monday, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP has the most polling unit agents with 176,588.
Following it are the Labor Party LP with 134,874, the All Progressives Congress APC with 176,233, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party with 176,200.
Moreover, 68,057 collation agents and 27 agents for the National Collation Centre were nominated by all political parties.
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Nigeria has 176,846 polling units but elections would only take place in 176,606 as 240 of the total figure have no registered voters according to INEC.
In terms of state, Kano has the highest number of party polling unit agents – 145,393 from 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.
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