The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the continuous voter registration in Anambra State.
INEC’s decision was reached during its regular weekly meeting on Thursday.
The meeting reviewed the ongoing preparations for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State and further update on applications for registration by new political parties.
The Commission said it is pleased with the turnout of registrants in Anambra State and the peaceful conduct of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in all the 326 registration centres in the State.
The electoral body revealed that as at Wednesday, 96,085 new voters have successfully registered in 9 days.
On average, the Commission said it registered over 10,600 voters per day, adding that in addition to that 12,595 voters applied for transfer of their registration both within and outside the State while 7,061 persons applied for the update of their records or the replacement of their damaged or lost Permanent Voters Cards.
The CVR in Anambra State was suppposed to end this Thursday, however, in response to appeal from citizens, the Commission said it extended the exercise for 3 more days.
The Commission said it will display the Register for claims and objections by citizens as provided by law, followed by a further clean-up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).
Subsequently, it will publish detailed breakdown of the new registrants by age, gender, occupation and disability for public information.
Currently, 56,017 (58%) of new registrants are female while 50,429 (52.48%) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34.
INEC also disclosed that it has received 5 more letters of intent from Associations seeking registration as political party, bringing the number received so far to 134.
Editor: Ken Eseni
