INEC Fixes New Date For Physical Registration Of Voters

“It is important to emphasise that this CVR will take place over a period of one year.”

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a new date for the commencement of the physical registration of voters in the country.

INEC also fixed a new date for the scheduled appointments by online registrants in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR).

The latest development was made known by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Festus Okoye, at the end of the Commission’s management meeting in Abuja on Friday.

Okoye said, “With the declaration of Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July 2021, as public holidays by the federal government, the date scheduled for the commencement of physical registration has to be adjusted.

“Consequently, the physical registration of voters will now commence on Monday 26th July 2021.”

He noted that “online registrants that have scheduled appointments from 19th July 2021 to 23rd July 2021 will have their appointments rescheduled.”

The INEC National Commissioner further recalled that on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, the Commission met with resident electoral commissioners and noted that the commencement of physical registration of voters scheduled for Monday 19th July 2021 might be affected by public holidays.

Okoye added, “Also facing the prospect of interruption of their registration schedules are some of the online registrants who have scheduled their appointments for the completion of their registrations on dates likely to clash with the same public holidays.