INEC Registers 11m For 2019 Elections

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have said 11 million Nigerians have been enlisted for the 2019 decisions.

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a gathering with "Our Mumu Don Do" gathering, a social development.

Yakubu said that there are in regards to 15 million uncollected cards as he said the choice to suspend the progressing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) was not provoked by weight "As of Aug. 5, we have enrolled 11 million Nigerians.

"These are crisp registrants that we will add to the current registrants of 70 million registrants, making more than 80 million Nigerians enrolled for 2019 general decisions," he sai.

"We have so far gotten more than 569,000 solicitations for exchange and we have 909 solicitations for substitution of harm, destroyed and lost PVCs.

"We have reacted to this flood by setting up extra machines and more communities for enlistment.

"We have additionally expanded the ideal opportunity for enlistment as far as long stretches of enrollment in the day, that is shutting time from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m."

He included that "From the 2015 general races, we have around seven million uncollected cards, when you add it to new registrants we will have up to 15 million uncollected cards.

"In this way, we need to suspend the enrollment work out, make the cards accessible and work with significant partners to guarantee that residents gather their cards previously 2019 decision."