INEC extends Continuous Voter Registration in Lagos and Ogun till Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission on
Sunday extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Lagos and Ogun States
by two days.
The Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adekunle
Ogunmola said the extension was to enable the commission to register more
eligible voters.
According to him, the exercise, earlier scheduled to
end on Monday, will now end on Wednesday.
"We want all eligible voters whose names are not
on our Electronic Voters Register to take advantage of that and get registered.
"But people should avoid multiple or double
registration as this will deprive them of voting in future elections," he
said.
Ogunmola said the commission had addressed the
challenges it faced at the beginning of the exercise and there were tremendous
improvements.
He said that during monitoring, it was, however, seen
that a lot of people were still eager to register, which necessitated the
extension.
In Ogun, the state’s REC, Sam Olumekun, in a statement
in Abeokuta said the extension was in view of the challenges encountered in the
ongoing exercise in the state.
He warned citizens not to engage in multiple registration,
saying it was a punishable offence.
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