Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have arrived at polling units in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states for the conduct of the governorship elections in the three states today.
Materials are being distributed from the Registration Area Centres across the local government areas as ad hoc staff proceed to their various polling units.
Thousands of ad hoc staff have been recruited for the election in the three states.
The accreditation of voters and voting are expected to commence immediately.
The decision of who will become the next governor of the three states rests on the electorate, as over five million voters in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states go to the polls today.
The Numbers
Some analysts have said that the governors of the three states for the next four years will be determined by youths and the middle-aged as they form over 60 percent of the total number of PVCs collected in the three states.
In Imo State, INEC gave the figure of registered voters as 2,419,922, and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected as 2,318,919, with youths and the demographic groups having 33% (801K) and 32% (783K).
In Kogi, the total number of registered voters is 1,932,654, and PVCs collected is 1,833,160, with youths taking a lump 44% (850k) and the middle-aged having 32% (341k)
For Bayelsa, the total number of registered voters is 1,056,862, while the total PVCs collected are 1,017,613, with youths taking 42% (439K) and middle-aged people having 40% (424K).
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