Nigeria-Election/Vote Counting

Vote counting begins in Nigeria despite delays

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Lagos, Nigeria - Feb 23, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of election workers at polling station
2. Voters queuing at polling station
3. Voter holding permanent voter's card
4. Various of election workers looking through ballots, stamping ballots
5. Voters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given)(ending with shot 7):
"We've been here since about 06:00 a.m., and still nothing has started. No accreditation has started. They said there's no ink."
7. Election workers at polling station
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given):
"Ink! Are you telling me you are going to school with books and your pen is not with you? Ink to thumb print is not here."
9. Election workers carrying supplies to polling station
10. Voters
11. Various of voters at polling station
12. Election worker verifying identification of voter with machine
13. Election worker verifying identification of voter on registration document
14. Various of voters placing ballots in boxes
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariam Olashukwo, official, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC):
It's very, very good and many people is responding."
16. Voters at polling station
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given)(partially overlaid with shot 18):
"There were a number of people that did not know their polling stations, and their polling units. It would do if this is publicized even more before the exercise."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
18. Voters at polling station
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
19. Various of voters placing ballots in boxes

Storyline


The general election in Nigeria has entered its vote counting stage as millions of Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday to cast their ballots to elect a president and members of the National Assembly. Despite the vote being moved from its scheduled Feb 16 date, some delays were reported at various polling stations across the country.

The two leading contenders in the presidential race, incumbent Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, both cast their ballots early in the morning

The voting was scheduled to be held between 08:00 and 14:00, but was hampered by delays in a number of polling stations.

At a polling station in Lagos, voting was put off by three hours after officials discovered they ran out of indelible ink.

"We've been here since about 06:00 a.m., and still nothing has started. No accreditation has started. They said there's no ink," said a voter.

"Ink! Are you telling me you are going to school with books and your pen is not with you? Ink to thumb print is not here," said another voter.

Finally at about 11:00, ink was delivered and the voting began. However, as the voting was nearly over, not everybody could vote in time.

In other places, card reader failures also forced officials to verify voters identities manually, while in other cases electoral supplies were sent late.

But at a polling station in Victoria Island in Lagos, officials said despite a few challenges, the process had been smooth.

"It's very, very good and many people is responding," Mariam Olashukwo, an official with Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In some cases, voters turned up at the wrong polling station.

"There were a number of people that did not know their polling stations, and their polling units. It would do if this is publicized even more before the exercise," said a voter.

Initial fears of voter apathy appear to have been allayed with huge voter lines witnessed across the country.

Focus now has shifted to Abuja and the declaration of results by the INEC.

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  • ID : 8103999
  • Dateline : Feb 23, 2019
  • Location : Nigeria
  • Category : politics
  • Duration : 1'36
  • Audio Language : English/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2019-02-24 10:40
  • Last Modified : 2019-02-24 17:26:00
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  • ID : 8103999
  • Dateline : 23 févr. 2019
  • Location : Nigéria
  • Category : politics
  • Duration : 1'36
  • Audio Language : Anglais/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : Pas d’accès dans la partie continentale de Chine
  • Published : 2019-02-24 16:30
  • Last Modified : 2019-02-24 17:26:00
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8103999
  • Dateline : 23 فبراير 2019
  • Location : لاغوس,نيجيريا
  • Category : politics
  • Duration : 1'36
  • Audio Language : الإنجليزية/الصوت الطبيعي
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2019-02-24 17:12
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Nigeria-Election/Vote Counting

Vote counting begins in Nigeria despite delays

Dateline : Feb 23, 2019

Location : Nigeria

Duration : 1'36

  • English
  • Français
  • العربية


Lagos, Nigeria - Feb 23, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of election workers at polling station
2. Voters queuing at polling station
3. Voter holding permanent voter's card
4. Various of election workers looking through ballots, stamping ballots
5. Voters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given)(ending with shot 7):
"We've been here since about 06:00 a.m., and still nothing has started. No accreditation has started. They said there's no ink."
7. Election workers at polling station
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given):
"Ink! Are you telling me you are going to school with books and your pen is not with you? Ink to thumb print is not here."
9. Election workers carrying supplies to polling station
10. Voters
11. Various of voters at polling station
12. Election worker verifying identification of voter with machine
13. Election worker verifying identification of voter on registration document
14. Various of voters placing ballots in boxes
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariam Olashukwo, official, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC):
It's very, very good and many people is responding."
16. Voters at polling station
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Voter (name not given)(partially overlaid with shot 18):
"There were a number of people that did not know their polling stations, and their polling units. It would do if this is publicized even more before the exercise."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
18. Voters at polling station
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
19. Various of voters placing ballots in boxes


The general election in Nigeria has entered its vote counting stage as millions of Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday to cast their ballots to elect a president and members of the National Assembly. Despite the vote being moved from its scheduled Feb 16 date, some delays were reported at various polling stations across the country.

The two leading contenders in the presidential race, incumbent Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, both cast their ballots early in the morning

The voting was scheduled to be held between 08:00 and 14:00, but was hampered by delays in a number of polling stations.

At a polling station in Lagos, voting was put off by three hours after officials discovered they ran out of indelible ink.

"We've been here since about 06:00 a.m., and still nothing has started. No accreditation has started. They said there's no ink," said a voter.

"Ink! Are you telling me you are going to school with books and your pen is not with you? Ink to thumb print is not here," said another voter.

Finally at about 11:00, ink was delivered and the voting began. However, as the voting was nearly over, not everybody could vote in time.

In other places, card reader failures also forced officials to verify voters identities manually, while in other cases electoral supplies were sent late.

But at a polling station in Victoria Island in Lagos, officials said despite a few challenges, the process had been smooth.

"It's very, very good and many people is responding," Mariam Olashukwo, an official with Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In some cases, voters turned up at the wrong polling station.

"There were a number of people that did not know their polling stations, and their polling units. It would do if this is publicized even more before the exercise," said a voter.

Initial fears of voter apathy appear to have been allayed with huge voter lines witnessed across the country.

Focus now has shifted to Abuja and the declaration of results by the INEC.

ID : 8103999

Published : 2019-02-24 10:40

Last Modified : 2019-02-24 17:26:00

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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