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CVR: No extension of voters registration exercise, deadline remains June 30 – INEC

The deadline for the on-going registration of voters remains June 30, 2022, against speculations that it has been extended to August 31, 2022.

 

Due to clamour for extension of the deadline in respect of upsurge in the number of potential registrants and the attendant logistics hitches, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last week, said extension might be considered.

 

Online reports on Monday, claimed that the deadline had been extended prompting celebration in some quarters.

 

Said Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu when asked if it was true that the deadline had been extended to August 31, 2022: “No. It is not true. The deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) is still 30th June. The online pre-registration service closed since 30th May.

 

“What the Commission has done to respond to the surge in numbers of those who want to register, is to deploy more INEC Voter Enrollment Devices (IVEDs) to areas where the pressure is highest.

 

“These areas are all the states in the South-East region, Kano, Lagos and the FCT.”

 

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