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INEC rejects NIN as voter registration begins June 28

[FILES] INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. Photo; TWITTER/INECNIGERIAThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its earlier promise to start the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the first quarter of 2021 is no longer feasible. It, therefore, said the assignment, across the 774 local councils of the federation, would begin on June 28. The commission also declared that the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for the exercise. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement at a media briefing in Abuja yesterday, said the project would span for one year, ending in the third quarter of 2022. x He said emphasis would, for now, be on Anambra State where more centres would be established in view of the governorship election scheduled for November 6 this year.

2023: CSO writes INEC Chair over declining voter turnout

2023: CSO writes INEC Chair over declining voter turnout On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of 2023 general elections and others slated in 2021 and 2022, a Civil Society Organisation, CSO, The Nigerian Alliance, TNA, Wednesday, wrote to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over declining voter turnout. The letter with subject ‘Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Continued Voter Registration Exercise’ was signed by Convener, TNA, Ifeanyi Okereafor, Co-Convener, TNA, Norris Campbell, and Head, Public Relations, Paschal Ojezele. The letter raised some concerns over the 4th of November 2020  promise made by INEC after the 2019 general elections to resume the process of Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, in the first quarter of 2021, which ends March 31, 2021.

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