The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has registered 9,261 new voters in the online pre-registeration exercise.
Cross River State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Emmanuel Hart, said this in Calabar during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security explaining that the physical registration, will be for those who could not register online.
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Hart said, the online exercise has proven to be widely acceptable and user-friendly with real-time results.
The REC explained that the registration exercise will be rounded off in the third quarter of 2022, to enable the Commission prepare for the 2023 general elections.
On his part, the State Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, who spoke as Chairman of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, assured of adequate security during the registration process.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
