The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday, disclosed that 530,538 security agents would be deployed for the next general election.
He explained that the commission needed 1,265,227 external officials ahead of the 2023 elections, adding that it had accomplished 11 out of the 14 activities in its timelines for the exercise.
Security personnel, who will man the polling units, will include policemen and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel.
This is as the Senate said the electoral body had no excuse as far as the required credibility of the coming general elections was concerned because the upper chamber had met all the requirements of the commission.
