Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will commence within the first quarter of 2021.
This was announced on Wednesday by Chairman of the body, Professor Mahmood Yakubu during a budget defence session with the Senate Committee on INEC.
He said that the sum of ₦1billion has also been earmarked for the exercise.
Yakubu while addressing the committee said he is in support of diaspora voting and urged the National Assembly to amend the Electoral Act to accommodate diaspora and early voting.
The INEC boss also sought the approval of the Senate to spend ₦5.2 billion from the special INEC fund to make up for the shortfall in the 2020 budget which was cut-short because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
INEC had disclosed in October that the COVID-19 pandemic is delaying the voter registration exercise.
The Chief Press Secretary to the commission had said the virus is still very much in the community and CVR is a national exercise that requires the mobilisation of a lot of equipment, materials, and personnel.
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