The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop interrupting the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
PDP Publicity Secretary in Lagos, Taofik Gani, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The electoral umpire has fixed June for the recommencement of the CVR.
But the PDP said it was “embarrassing” that the process “is always announced as if it has intervals”.
“That should not be; it should be a continuous and uninterrupted registration exercise.”
Gani told INEC to let Nigerians know if they are facing logistics constraints.
“Why should they say continuous voter registration while it is not really continuous?’’ he quipped.
The spokesman said announcing the start and the end of the exercise was contrary to its aim of continuity.
PDP noted that if not for the time frame, many more Nigerians would have registered. The opposition called for free and fair general elections that would reflect the will of the people in 2023.
Anaedoonline.ng reports that the National Identification Number (NIN) is not a mandatory requirement for registration of new voters in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday.
Yakubu said that NIN was only a means of identification for registration as listed in the Electoral Act.
“I want to make this important clarification. NIN is not going to be made mandatory for voter registration.
UPDATE: PVC Registration Resumes June 28 – INEC
“This is for a simple reason that we are operating on basis of the law establishing INEC.
“Section 10 of the Electoral Act lists identifications to be presented by prospective registrants for the purpose of voter registration to includes birth certificate, national passport, national identity card,” he said.
The INEC chairman said the list also included a driver’s licence or any other document that would prove the identity and age of the applicant.
He said that the NIN card was only one of the means of identification provided for, under section 10 sub-section 2 of the electoral act.
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