INEC To Kick Off Nationwide Voter Registration February 2025
Indications have emerged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to commence nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) in the first quarter of 2025.
The electoral body said the exercise will commence at the LGA level and later extend to registration areas.
In a memo dated November 20, 2024, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the commission’s secretary, asked resident electoral commissioners to make some arrangements for the exercise.
“Kindly provide the following information for adequate preparation for the exercise: Status of INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) and accessories in the state,” the memo reads.
“Status of both coloured and black/white heavy-duty printers and availability of CVR Forms/materials.
“The commission is considering commencing the exercise at Local Government Area (LGA) level and later devolve to Registration Area (RA) level.
“The state offices are expected to identify and select staff that will work as voter registration officials.
“You are to please prepare the information of uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to facilitate the printing of the Register of uncollected PVCs for display during the exercise.”
Recall that in July 2022, the electoral body suspended the CVR exercise ahead of the 2023 general election.
However, INEC conducted voter registration exercises in states where off-cycle elections took place.
[21:05, 23/11/2024] Damilare Adeleye: Nigerians Are Groaning; Review Your Economic Policies— PDP Governor Tells Tinubu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed concerns about the economic hardship on the nation by policies of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, while calling on President Bola Tinubu to review Nigeria’s macroeconomic and fiscal decisions.
Before now, Tinubu stopped the payment of fuel subsidy and floated the naira among other reforms which have led to the escalation of the cost of living.
However, the governors believe the readjustment of the policies will address the welfare and well-being of Nigerians.
This is among other resolutions of the forum during its meeting held in Jos, Plateau State.
“The forum empathize with Nigerians who are groaning under the oppressive economic hardship hoisted on the nation by the policies and decisions of the APC-led Federal Government,” the chairman of the group who is also the Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed said after the meeting.
“The forum calls on the president to urgently review both macroeconomic and fiscal policies that will address the welfare and well-being of Nigerians.”
It stressed that PDP governors will continue to aggressively pursue policies and programmes that will reduce hardship and ensure progress and development in their states.
“The forum wishes to pledge that all PDP governors will continue to aggressively pursue policies and programmes that will reduce the hardship and ensure progress and development,” the governor said.
The just concluded governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states also attracted the attention of the forum which was described as a rape of democracy. They called on the judiciary to remain steadfast in election petition matters while the National Assembly should strengthen the electoral laws.
“The forum notes with concern the rape of democracy in the Edo governorship elections. It is clear to everyone with a conscience that INEC manipulated results in favour of the APC candidate, when in fact, the majority of the lawful votes were won by PDP candidate Asue Ighodalo,” he said.
“Meanwhile, we are still examining the documents on the Ondo elections where the APC manipulated results after openly buying votes.
“The forum calls on the judiciary to save Nigerian democracy and the National Assembly to look into our electoral laws to make it difficult for institutional sabotage of the will of the people.”