According to the commission’s daily bulletin issued and obtained by the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) monday in Abuja, the exercise will take
place at the local government areas in the states from 8a.m. to 4p.m.
daily.
It stated that the five-day exercise would afford opportunity for three groups of eligible persons to be registered.
The groups, the commission said, were those who were eligible but did
not register before the 2015 general election and who were registered
but their names were not in the voters’ register.
“The other is those who have attained the age of 18 since the last registration exercise,’’ it added.
The commission, therefore, urged prospective voters in both states to
turn out and take advantage of the exercise to register in order to vote
in the forthcoming elections.
It stated that the commission had already had a stakeholders’ meeting
in Kogi State and would have a similar one in Bayelsa State on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the commission has urged election observers to continue to
make meaningful observations and recommendations that would further
strengthen the electoral process.
Its bulletin quoted the Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr.
Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, as making the call at a stakeholders’ post-election
review of gender responsiveness during elections.
It said Osaze-Uzzi, who was represented by the Deputy Director of
Publicity of the commission, Mr. Nick Dazang, said INEC had immensely
benefited from the recommendation of elections observers.
He said such recommendations had been factored into the commission’s
plans towards strengthening the country’s electoral process.
“It is what observers say about an election that gives it credibility.”
“That is why it is always important, especially for a growing democracy
like that of Nigeria, to always factor and invite observers and report
the process before, during and after the election,’’ Osaze-Uzzi said.
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