By Abiola Olawale
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said no date has been fixed yet for the resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) excercise nationwide.
INEC made the clarification following misleading information in the media space, that voter’s registration ahead of the 2023 general elections would start on Monday, January 25.
INEC in a digital flyer on Twitter discredited the news making the rounds, urging Nigerians to ignore it.
The flyer reads: “INEC wishes to inform the general public that no date has been fixed for the resumption of the CVR. We implore Nigerians to ignore the fake news making rounds that the commission will open the register of voters from January 25.”
The New Diplomat recalls that INEC which was set up in 1998, for the aim of overseeing elections in Nigeria, suspended the voters registration before the 2019 general elections.
It would be recalled also that Professor Mahmmod Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, in December promised Nigerians that voter’s registration across the country would start in the first quarter of 2021 upon his assumption of office for his second tenure as the chairman.
