No extension of the polling agent deadline, INEC informs the parties

Despite the notification and repeated reminders, according to Olumekun, parties have not significantly complied by providing a list of their agents.The Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling places and collation centers for the Nov. 11 Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo governorship elections has not been extended, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).This was said in a statement made on Sunday in Abuja by Sam Olumekun, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee. Only 55% of expected agents for polling places and collation centers, according to Olumekun, had been submitted on its platform by political parties for the governorship elect He advised parties yet to comply to do so before the deadline.