The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC Yobe state holds it enlarged stakeholders meeting to keep the populace abreast on the upcoming general elections.
The meeting was helds at the commission’s conference hall Damaturu the state capital.
Addressing the gathering the resident electoral commissioner Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi said, 78,207 new PVCs were collected in the 17 LGS which will be added to the already registered people.
In Yobe the commssioner disclosed that eligible voters stands at 1, 445, 000 with 2,853 polling units
He added that the INEC will not deploy materials to eleven polling units this is due to lack of registration at the centres.
Head of security agencies and media attended the meeting.
BABAGANA MOHAMMED