By Moses Okorie
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Festus Okoye, has announced that the commission is doing everything within its power to resume the nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR) on June 28, 2021.
According to agency report, Okoye stated this in an interview in Abuja on Sunday, adding that the commission is also on course towards the development of an online portal to be deployed for the exercise.
“The online registration portal is almost ready and will be rolled out for the continuous voter registration slated to commence on June 28.
“The online portal has been demonstrated and adjustments made. It will have an online locator of registration areas and polling units.
“The commission is progressing and working within the framework of its timelines,” Okoye said.
The INEC had fixed June 28 for the resumption of its suspended CVR, with new technology.
The commissioner also outlined some critical activities within a timelines, leading to the restarting of the exercise.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had earlier announced that the exercise would continue until the third quarter of 2022.
Yakubu also announced that the commission would replace its direct data capture (DDC) machine, introduced in 2011, for voter registration, with a new technology called INEC Voter Enrollment Device (IVED).
These, according to him, include expansion of voter access to polling units by May 11, building and testing the online registration portal by May 15 and arrival of the new IVED by May 31.
He listed other activities as recruitment and training of voter enrollment staff, June 14 and restart of CVR, June 28.