INEC Extends Voters’ Registration by 60 days.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to extend the ongoing Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise by 60 days.
This followed numerous appeals and from members of the public due to upsurge in number of people wanting to register at various voters’ registration centers across the country in view of the 2023 General Election.
The House of Representatives had also, last week Wednesday, urged INEC to extend the deadline for the continuous voter registration by an extra 60 days from June 30, 2022, to enable more Nigerians register.
The Commission, last Tuesday, assured Nigerians that the commission will comply with the court order to extend the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration.
Furthermore, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had stopped the electoral body from ending the exercise until all eligible voters had been registered.
On Wednesday, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Aishatu Jibril Dukku, while briefing lawmakers during a plenary session, said that the Commission had agreed to extend the CVR to 60 days.
“The Committee held a meeting with INEC yesterday (Tuesday) and they agreed to extend the CVR, all our resolutions were approved,” she said.
The House of Representatives also called on the Commission to deploy additional staff and voter registration machines across the country to meet the objective.
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