Sentences with phrase «continuous voter registration»

He said that the commission was making plans to ensure that the cards were fully distributed before the end of 2016, adding that it would be done alongside continuous voter registration.

«Remember we had completed the first quarter of continuous voter registration in July and the information had been backed up as well as shared with INEC HQ in Abuja,» Obo Effanga, Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner stated.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, on Thursday said the ongoing continuous voter registration would end on Aug. 15 in the state.

«What the commission wants is to conduct a nationwide continuous voter registration after Ondo and Edo states governorship elections.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered a total of 61,075 voters in Kogi State in the ongoing Continuous Voters registration.

He said that the challenges included funding and personnel, adding, «don't forget the section of the Electoral Act that says there shall be continuous voter registration.

Yakubu also said that the commission could not hold the continuous voter registration at the polling unit levels because it would cost N1.2 bn per day, the total amount approved for the entire exercise.

He noted that the continuous voters registration in the new registration centres would commence between Wednesday April 11 and April 16, 2018 simultaneously in the state across 177 registration areas.

While pledging to conduct free and fair elections in the state, Agboke informed that INEC in the state was working to ensure that no case of underage voting or foreigner is allowed to register in the continuous voter registration in the state.

About 40,433 new eligible voters have also been captured onto the electoral roll during the continuous voter registration exercise, with 29,897 (52.7 %) out of the over 56,000 deleted NHIS registrants re-registering.

He called on residents of the state, who had attained 18 years to register during the continuous voter registration to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

Mrs Oluwafolake Kolawole, Lagos Coordinator of the Forum said in Lagos that it was important for the youth to utilise the opportunity of the ongoing continuous voter registration to obtain their PVCs.

«Since the continuous voter registration (CRV) is periodic, the government of the state of Osun, therefore, considers it as imperative to dedicate a day for fresh potential voters to register for their voter card and for those that had registered to collect their PVC to enable them exercise their franchise on election day,» Baderinwa said.