Nigeria, Oct. 16 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it requested N1.5 billion as the production cost of the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of the National Register of Voters for all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In a statement by its Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, INEC said the cost charged is in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2011.

It explained that the voter register requested contains over six million pages.

The commission added that printing the existing polling units in the electoral wards across the country, covering 176,848 polling units, will require 4,946 pages.

"The total number of pages to be printed for both requests is ...