INEC Suspends Voter Registration August 17

INEC Suspends Voter Registration August 17

By Joyce Onuora

the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR)  would be temporarily

suspended on August 17, in order to pave the way

for the preparations of the 2019 General Elections.

Prof. Godswill Obioma, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the

disclosure to the newsmen in Abakaliki at the INEC’s 2018 second

quarterly meeting with the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and

Civil Society Organisations.

He noted that since the exercise was launched nationally, in April

2017, the state office of the commission has been carrying out the CVR

and has recorded remarkable success so far. “To firm up preparations

for the 2019 general elections, the CVR will be temporarily suspended

all over the nation on August 17 2018, at 5:00pm.

“However, the collection of PVCs would continue until one week to the

2019 general elections”. He said.

Obioma  also stated that about  71,462 registered voters in Ebonyi are

yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in spite of the

sustained enlightenment campaigns in the state.

He urged all registered voters in the state yet to collect their PVCs

to quickly do so and pledged the commission’s readiness to partner

IPAC and CSOs to ensure that all unclaimed PVCs were collected.