The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which was to end yesterday, June 30, indefinitely.
Its national commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this in an issued statement yesterday.
INEC directed all the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioners and local government Electoral Officers to continue with the exercise, pending further directives from the Commission.
Okoye said the Commission has consistently reiterated its resolve to continue to provide electoral services to the Nigerian people and register all eligible Nigerians that are interested in registering.
He stated that the Commission has yet again deployed additional machines to areas of pressure and will continue to serve the people of Nigeria.
According to Okoye, “The case at the Federal High Court relating to the terminal date of the CVR came up yesterday, Wednesday, 29th June, 2022; and based on the request of the Commission, the Court granted an accelerated hearing and adjourned the matter to Monday, 4th July 2022, for hearing of the substantive matter. The Commission will give an update after the court hearing next week”.
Okoye also said by the timetable and schedule of activities released by the Commission, Political Parties that conducted valid Governorship and State Assembly primaries shall upload the list and personal particulars of their nominated candidates between 1st and 15th July 2022.
On issuance of Certified True Copy of Documents (CTCs), he said: “So far, 186 requests for CTCs, some running into hundreds of pages, have been processed. The Commission is working round the clock, including weekends, to attend to all such requests.
