The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally agreed to extend the ongoing continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise initially slated to end at the end of June, 2022.
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, disclosed this while briefing fellow lawmakers on the committee’s efforts to ensure the implementation of a House resolution reached last week.
This development is coming a few days after a court granted an order barring the commission from stopping voter registration.
“The Committee held a meeting with INEC on Tuesday, 21 June, and they agreed to extend the CVR, all our resolutions were approved,” she told members of the House at plenary on Wednesday, 22 June.
The House also called on the Commission to deploy additional staff and voter registration machines across the country to meet the objective.
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