This call, if heeded by INEC, no doubt, to a considerable extent will address the issue of voter apathy and as the electoral process will be brought much closer to the people. At the moment some states are far ahead of others in terms of polling units numbers in local government areas.

A recent research has revealed that there are five states with the highest number of new polling units in Nigeria. Below is the list of the five states and the number of polling units they have: 

Lagos: 4,861
Kano: 3,148
Kaduna: 2,910
Rivers: 2,424
Plateau: 2,358