INEC TO INCREASE VOTERS PARTICIPATION IN THE COMING ELECTION

by Family Center April 26, 2017

written by Family Center April 26, 2017

INEC TO INCREASE VOTERS PARTICIPATION IN THE COMING ELECTION
Ojo Taiwo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) aims to increase voters participation in the forthcoming election with the commencement of the nationwide continuous voter’s registration(CVR) exercise which kicks off today.
The commission targets include citizens that have turned 18 years of age since the last registration, as well as those who did not register during the last exercise.
The Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bro. Felix Obuah, in a press statement in Port Harcourt, said he believed that the development would improve the database of the electoral empire and increase voters’ participation in the forthcoming general elections.
He advised INEC to give equal opportunities to the electorate to get voters card.
Mrs. Amina Zakari, the National Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, said last week that the exercise would hold simultaneously in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The INEC Administrative Secretary in Kogi, Mr Adison Mailafiya, said Mr. Mohammed Haruna the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Plateau and Nasarawa state, will flag off the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise and it would commence concurrently across the 21 INEC local government offices in the state.
He added that the flag-off ceremony would be done at the INEC office in Lokoja by 9 am.
Similarly, some political parties and INEC officials on Tuesday called on their prospective members to make themselves available for the opportunity ahead of future elections.
Meanwhile, the INEC’s Executive Secretary in Kwara State, Mr. Paul Aster, disclosed that over 240,000 unclaimed permanent voters yet to be collected by the respective owners since the 2015 general election.
He added that the unclaimed PVCs would be released to the owners on the production of temporary voters’ cards.
However, INEC officials in Bauchi on Tuesday urged stakeholders to assist it in ensuring that contemptuous persons did not disrupt the process.
Alhaji Mohammed Garba, the Head of Voter Education and Publicity of the commission, said the success of the exercise depended on political parties, traditional leaders, and Immigration officials.