January 11, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far registered 68, 079 voters in Kwara since the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in April 2017.

Mr Paul Atser, INEC Administrative Secretary disclosed this on Thursday in Ilorin while briefing stakeholders on the registration exercise.

He also disclosed that the Commission had created 10 additional mobile registration centers in the state to bring the registration exercise closer to the people.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the continuous registration exercise began in April 2017 in all the 36 states of the federation and Abuja.

Atser , however, frown at the low pace of collection of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) since the commencement of the registration exercise in April.

“It is sad to note that collection of permanent voter card has been at its lowest ebb since April, 2017 to date.

“Only 3, 069 PVCs have so far been collected out of the 242, 069 unclaimed cards after 2015 elections.

“As we speak, 239, 000 Permanent Voter Cards are unclaimed,” Atser said.

The Administrative Secretary, therefore, called on the people that have registered as voters to come forward to collect their voter cards.

He said the new registration centers are located in Ilapa in Asa local government, Ilesha in Baruten, Tsonga in Edu, Igbaja in Ifelodun and Iponrin in Ilorin East.

Other centers are Oro II in Irepodun, Kemanji in Kaiama, Shao in Moro, Igbana in Oke-Ero and Kpada in Patigi.

Atser also appealed to eligible voters who have not registered for their permanent voter card to do so to enable them exercise their franchise during the upcoming elections.