Nigeria’s electoral agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday published a summary of polling unit and collation centre agents submitted by political parties for the 2023 general elections.
In a document seen by News Central, political parties submitted a total of 1,574,301 party polling unit agents and 68,057 collation agents to INEC.
In summary, the ruling All Progressives Congress deployed 176,223 party polling unit agents; the Peoples Democratic Party, 176,558; the New Nigeria Peoples Party, 176,200; and Labour Party had 134,874.
Kano State had the highest number of 145,393 party polling unit agents; followed by Lagos, 98,646; and Rivers, 79,795.
Details shortly…