The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday extended the
Continuous Voter Registration in Ogun, Edo, Plateau and Lagos states by
two days. The extensions were announced separately by the Resident Electoral Commissioners in the states. In Ogun, the state’s REC, Mr. Sam Olumekun, announced the extension in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta. He said the extension was in view of the challenges encountered during the ongoing exercise in the state.
“The Independent National Electoral Commission wishes to inform the
general public that the exercise has been extended by two days. It will
now end on Wednesday, November 19, as against Monday, November 17,”
Olumekun said.
The REC warned citizens not to engage in multiple registrations, saying doing so amounted to a punishable offence.
In Lagos, the Lagos State REC, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, told the News
Agency of Nigeria that the extension was to enable the commission to
register more eligible voters.
According to him, the exercise, earlier scheduled to end on Monday, will now end on Wednesday.
“We want all eligible voters whose names are not on our Electronic
Voters Register to take advantage of that and get registered. But people
should avoid multiple or double registration as this will deprive them
of voting in future elections,” he said.
Also, INEC has extended the
CVR in Plateau State by two days. The exercise, which was scheduled to
end on Monday (today) will now end on Wednesday.
The REC in the
state, Alhaji Habu Zarma, who announced the extension in Jos on Sunday
asked eligible voters to take advantage of the extra two days to have
their names captured in the voter register.
Also in Edo State, the
REC, Mr. Baritor Kpagih, explained that the decision was taken to create
additional opportunity for intending voters in the state to get
registered.
Some intending voters in Edo had on Sunday decried the
poor conduct of the exercise due to inadequate manpower and
data-capturing machines at the designated centres, which had left many
of them unregistered.
Also political parties in the state lamented that the registration points were too far from the residents.
They also complained that some of the wards lacked adequate data-capturing machines and staff.
The All Progressives Congress in a statement by the state Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Godwin Erhahon, urged the commission to provide a
five-day extension and to provide more competent hands.
The Peoples
Democratic Party in Edo described the two-day extension as “grossly
inadequate” to attend to the high number of eligible residents who were
yet to be registered.
The Chairman of PDP in the state, Chief Dan
Orbih, explained that reports from the party’s agents showed clearly
that the exercise was faced by a lot of challenges.
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COMMENTS
2 people like this.
Jesse Osayande Vucinic Ehiagwina
Thanks man. I want to collect mine sha. Have to go to the Local Govt office. Ridiculous.
Jesse Osayande Vucinic Ehiagwina
I don't know. I haven't been there. I don't think I'll need to re-register.
Alaribe Okechukwu Stanley
Plz endy will there be any opportunity or second chance for those of us that have not registerd in abia state?