A Legal Practitioner, Chima Nnaji, has criticised the proposed increase of polling units in Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The INEC had proposed addition 30,000 polling units, with 15 per cent of the total units to be share among the state equally and 85 per cent to be shared based on the number of registered voters in each state..

Mr Nnaji questioned the decision of the INEC and called on the chairman of the commission to answer questions asked by Nigerians.

Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Nnaji said that the development gave room for rigging of elections. “The answer is no and there is no formula that can be used to explain this,” he said.

The lawyer advised the INEC to stick with the population of voters in the country and not on the population of Nigerians from 2006 till date. “INEC should leave census population for the National Population Board. The addition of more polling units has cost implication and the political system is already boiling. Why bring up something to stir it up?” he questioned.

He, however, said that the decision of the electoral commission was noble but too much in a hurry.

“Nigerians are not happy with this decision, INEC should have brought out the decision much later”.

Speaking on the forth coming general elections, the Legal Practitioner noted that such decision will affect the 2015 elections.

“The decision is controversial now and will cause more problems during the elections,” he said, emphasising that there was no time for the creation of the additional polling units.

He said that the development would leave electorates stranded due to lack of mobility to vote.