Reps Mandate INEC To Extend Voter’s Registration By 7 Days
Olorunfemi Ojo
House of Representatives has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to extend the duration for the continuous voter’s registration for another 7 days to enable all eligible voters register properly reports Channels TV.
According to the report, the order was as a result of motion raised by a Lawmaker, Hassan Saleh, on tuesday, under matters of urgent national importance.
Hon. Saleh said many persons, who had
previously registered in different states, did not find their names in their registers at the points of collection.
The Honourable member representing Ado/Okpokwu Federal Constituency of Benue State also noted that machines deployed for the exercise failed to work in many units making it impossible for many voters to meet up with the last extension of June 3 given by the electoral commission.
