INEC Extends CVR In 10 States By Two Days

SAN FRANCISCO, June 01, (THEWILL) â€' The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) taking place in 10 states by two days.

The extension, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Robert Idowu, is in view of the huge turnout of prospective registrants and is intended to give a fair chance to all eligible persons.

The statement said the exercise, originally scheduled to end on Sunday, June 1, will now run till Tuesday, June 3 in Taraba, Gombe, Zamfara, Kebbi, Benue, Kogi, Abia, Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa States.

INEC therefore called on eligible persons in the 10 states who are yet to register as voters to use the opportunity of this extension to do so.

The Commission however reiterated that the CVR is for only the following categories of people: Persons who turned 18 years after the last registration; Persons who were 18 years at the time but did not present themselves for registration; and Persons whose data were not adequately captured previously and for whom PVCs were not produced in the last distribution exercise.

'For avoidance of doubt, the exercise is not for everyone, including people wishing to transfer their registration data from where they previously registered. It will amount to double/multiple registration, which is an offence punishable under Nigerian law, for anyone who was duly registered previously to present himself/herself for registration during the CVR,' the statement said.