Zamfara State Government has declared Monday to Friday next week 20th – 21st June, as a work-free week to allow civil servants to travel to their localities and register in the ongoing permanent voter card registration.
The State’s Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, in an issued press statement in Gusau, confirmed the development.
According to him, Commissioners, Special Advisers, traditional rulers and other political party officials are expected to monitor the exercise in their respective areas.
“By this announcement, all Commissioners, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries, other public office holders, party officials and traditional rulers are hereby directed to monitor and supervise the ongoing Voter Registration exercise to ensure that all eligible voters within their wards and local governments register and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards to enable them to exercise their fundamental rights and civic responsibilities in the Coming Elections”, the statement read.
