Tag: Voters registration

Voters Registration: Kaduna Gov. urges LG chairs, others to mobilise residents

Aminu Imam
Kaduna Gov. on voters registration

Concerned about the low voter registration turnout in Kaduna state, the state governor, Senator Uba Sani, has urged local government chairmen, traditional institutions, religious leaders, and the media to intensify mobilisation efforts to ensure maximum registration of citizens in the ongoing exercise. Commissioner for Information, Ahmed MaiyaÆ™i, at a meeting with Local Government Chairmen and other stakeholders, expressed the concern of the Governor on Thursday and said that Senator Sani, as a democratic and inclusive leader, has directed pragmatic steps to ensure greater mobilisation of eligible voters for broader participation.…

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2023: Zamfara declares one-week public holiday for civil servants to obtain PVC

Aminu Imam

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…

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2023: Deadline for voters registration remains June 30
— INEC

Aminu Imam

Contrary to speculations that the deadline for the ongoing registration of voters has been extended to August 31, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), says the deadline remains June 30, 2022. Recall that following a clamour for an extension of the deadline due to an upsurge in the number of potential registrants and the attendant logistics hitches, the INEC last week said an extension might be considered. Yesterday, some online reports claimed that the deadline had been extended prompting celebration in some quarters. However, when newsmen asked the Chief…

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‘Nigeria spent N84bn for voter registration that cost N3bn’, Maurice Iwu reveals

Aminu Imam

…Explains why elections are contentious in Nigeria Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu, has revealed that Nigeria spent N84 billion on voter registration that cost only N3 billion. The ex-INEC boss made this disclosure during an interview he granted yesterday, while stating how the Commission was able to conduct the 2007 elections with such a paltry sum compared to the money INEC got in 2011. According to him, “We did it with less than 10 percent of the current INEC budget. And people were…

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