Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, Lagos State, spoke in Lagos at the official inauguration of the prototype office.
The office consists of five rooms, a store and a conference centre.
Ogunmola said: “The opening of this office today shows that INEC is making everything possible to give Nigerians the best by 2015.
“We thank the local government for accommodating us; In fact, when they called us to say that a plot of land was ready for us in Lagos to erect our office, we were surprised.
“When we informed the headquarters about the development, they asked us the local government we would prefer and we told them Alimosho Local Government because of its peculiar complaints and its population.”
He said the commission would ensure it created new polling booths in the area before 2015, pledging that better services would be provided for the people.
In his remark, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transport, Mr Bisi Yusuf, urged INEC to create offices in more wards and constituencies.
Yusuf, who stood in for the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, said that an office was not enough for the people.
He also requested for more polling units in the local government area.
“Considering the population of the local government area, it will not be out of place to request for more polling booths.
“This will enable all eligible voters to perform their civic duties.
“We thank INEC for building an edifice of this type and we hope that it is going to be a home for one man, one vote; one woman, one vote.
“It should not be affiliated to any political party,” he said.
In his contribution, the Executive Chairman of Alimosho Local Government, Mr Sola Adekunle, urged INEC to de-congest the polling booths.
“We also want INEC to de-congest the polling booths; the distance between the booths should be sufficient enough to aid peace and efficiency,” he said.
Adekunle said Alimosho would need more time for registration of new voters and distribution of voter cards.
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