Francis Ezeonu, Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC on Thursday, announced resumption of the voter registration exercise in 24 local g...
Francis Ezeonu, Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC on
Thursday, announced resumption of the voter registration exercise in 24 local
givernment areas out of 27 LGAs in Imo.
Mr Ezeonu, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in
Owerri, said the exercise remained suspended at Njaba, Orsu and Ihitte Uboma
LGAs because of insecurity.
He advised people from the affected local councils to
register in any other convenient area, adding that arrangements were made to
distribute their cards at the state office.
The REC further disclosed that 7,145 out of the 16,511
voters, who registered using the Automated Biometric Identification System were
declared invalid because of dual registration.
He appealed to voters not to duplicate their registration,
adding that the permanent voters cards (PVC) does not expire.
He urged those, who had lost their PVC to come along with a
court affidavit for issuance of a replacement, warning that any attempt to do a
multiple registration would amount to electoral crime.
He also advised prospective voters to take advantage of the
fourth quarter of the registration exercise which commenced on April 11 before
it ending on June 30.
He added that the online portal would be shut down midway
into the quarter to allow sufficient time for all online pre-registrants to go
for the biometric capture before June 30.
The REC further announced that the commission had finished
the processing of the registration data for the first and second quarters of
the current voter registration exercise.
He added that PVCs of those, who registered in the first and
second quarters were ready for collection as well as those who registered from
2011 to 2018.
The INEC official also said the schedule of activities as
published by the commission for the 2023 general elections would continue to
run concurrently with the continuous voter registration exercise
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