INEC Forecloses CVR Extension

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has no plan to extend the ongoing voters registration exercises, beyond its deadline of August 17th 2018, as speculated in some quarters.
Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in Rivers State, Oboh Efanga who disclosed this in a press statement, said the exercise will resume after the 2019 general election scheduled to hold between 26 February to March 2nd 2019.
He called on people that have clocked 18 years and above to take advantage of the exercise and register as eligible voters by obtaining the Permanent Voters Card.
Meanwhile, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has raised concerned over the inability of people living in remote riverine settlements to participate in the voters registration exercise.
Media Coordinator of the Eastern Zone of the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC), Comrade Gabriel Allen, in a chat with newsmen said most of the people in fishing settlements in riverrine communities’ are unable to access to the ongoing voters registration exercise due to distance and security challenges.
He called on the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to avail dwellers of such remote communities the opportunity of participating in the exercise, noting that the IYC was ready to partner with INEC to carry out the exercise.
“He noted that “if majority of those that reside in riverine communities do not have the opportunities of registering in the ongoing voters registrations exercise, then they will be denied their statutory responsibility of exercising their franchise during elections.”

Stories by Taneh Beemene