CVR: INEC registers 22,229 voters in Kwara

Date: 2021-09-10

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has registered a total of 22,229 voters in Kwara since the beginning of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in June.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara, Malam Garuba Madami, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ilorin.

He said the voter registration was done through online and physical capturing in all the 16 local government areas of Kwara as well as INEC state office.

The REC added that out of the 22,229 so far registered, 10,551 were males while 11,678 were females.

He said that out of these figures, 30 Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) were registered, comprising 22 males and eight females.

Madami said the first quarter of the CVR would end on Sept. 23, adding that the list will be displayed for claims and objection between Sept. 24 and 30.

He added that the second quarter of the CVR would run from Sept. 24 to Dec. 30, 2021, while the exercise would end on July 11, 2022.

The REC therefore warned the people of the state against double registration as this constituted electoral offence punishable under the Electoral Act.

He also advised the underage not to register, adding that people under the age of 18 are not allowed to register as any underage caught would be handed over to the police.

Madami said he was not satisfied with the figures so far registered and called on politicians to mobilise their members to register as voters.

"It is the political parties that should mobilise the supporters to register as voters.

'It is the political parties that would benefit from such registration, so they should sensitise their supporters to register," Madami said.

He, however, said that the commission would embark on aggressive and sustained publicity from September to create awareness for the people to register as voters.

According to him, his target was to increase the number of registered voter in Kwara from 1,376,372 to 3.5 million.

"Therefore, mobilisation of voters should be a joint effort of political parties and INEC.

"Political parties jettison this assignment and it's left to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

"The number of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) collected is the number of votes that can be casted during election," he explained.

NAN reports that any Nigerian that has attained 18 years of age is eligible to register as voter.

Madami also said that registered voters who had issues with accreditation during the last exercise can register as well as voters who want to transfer their PVCs to another location and those with wrongly spelt names. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bolaji Abdullahi     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Elewu     Bayo Onimago     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ayobami Akanbi     Dele Belgore     Abdullahi Atanda     Valsolar Consortium     Face Masks     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Aliyu Umar     Makama Of Ilorin     Baboko     Zara Umar     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Idris Amosa Saidu     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Kwara Poly     Sarakite     Bilikis Oladimeji     Roheemat Hammed     General Hospital, Offa     Nigerian Army     Offa     Split Diamond Interchange     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Buhari     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Muazam Nayaya     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Sulyman Tejidini     Sabo-Oke     Dagbalodo     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Mohammed Saidu     SSA Youth Engagement     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ilorin East     Michael Ologundea     Hajj     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Razak Atunwa     Fatimoh Lawal     Al-Hikmah Radio     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Yaman     Bolakale Ayo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Baba-Isale     Kwasu     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Yakubu Dogara     Oke Sunna     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Ekweremadu     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     IHS     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Kwara State Government     Baba Idris     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Kayode Ishola     Idowu Laro     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Christopher Odetunde     Lucky Omoluwa     International Aviation College     Coronavirus    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Abubakar B.M     JSSCE     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Kawu     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Okin High School     Hajj     Sulu Gambari     Forgo Battery     Olupako     Olayinka Are     Amos Bajeh     Muyideen Ajani Bello     UITH     Segun Adeniyi     Samuel Adaramola     Bukola Saraki     Oni Adebayo     Hakeem Lawal     IFK     IPSAS     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Olayinka Olaogun     Saba Jibril     Isiaka Oniwa     Adesoye     Kazeem Gbolagade     Ahmed Dankaya     Ishola Abdullahi     Oba-Solagberu     Abatemi Usman     SAPZ Project     SSUCOEN     Local Government     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Women Radio     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Kulende     Just Law Forum     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Paul Odama     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Offa     Alao Ayotunde     Razak Atunwa     Akanbi-Oke     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Ogbondoroko     EndSARS     IYA ALFA NLA     Ita-Ore     First Lady     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Musbau A. Akanji     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Sadiq Umar     Ayinke Saka     CELF     Jaiz Bank     Jare Olatundun     Muazam Nayaya     Ilorin Emirate     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Sarah Alade     Durosinlohun Kawu     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Rotimi Oyedepo     Toyin Saraki     Young Progressives Party     Kwara State Sports Commission     Suleman Abubakar     Femi Agbaje