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CONTINUOUS voters’ registration, CVR, will start in April at all Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s 774 offices up to 2019.

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC, disclosed this on Thursday, March 16, in Abuja, during a dialogue organised by the Civil Society and Situation Room ahead of the next general elections in 2019.

He said 7.8 million permanent voters’ cards, PVC, were still uncollected.

The breakdown shows that Lagos State has the highest of one million uncollected PVCs, followed by Edo State 700, 000 PVCs, while Ogun State has the least of uncollected.

The INEC boss said the commission would not spare anyone that violated the electoral process, noting that the violation of the electoral process now happened at the final collation centres.

According to him, INEC has organised 167 elections after the last general elections, out of which 17 were by-elections.

On the preparation for the next general elections, Yakubu said people should be able to vote and go to work.

Clement Nwankwo, executive director at Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, in his welcome address, commended the INEC for early preparation ahead of the 2019 general elections.

—  Mar 27, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT

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