The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had said that the commission was expected to have register 20 million Nigerians before July this year but this seems impossible because as of today only 5,845,751 had completed the physical registration process out of May 16, 9,238,991 people who had registered online, representing 29 percent of INEC’s target.
However, with barely a month left to INEC’s deadline, over 70 percent of those INEC had thought would register have failed to do so.
Speaking on the low turn out of people to register their voters card, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, said the commission would not extend the deadline which is June 30.
He said, “The commission will not extend the CVR (Continuous Voter Registration) which started on June 30 last year. For the first time ever, the commission introduced the online pre-registration option, to make it easier for eligible Nigerians to register.
