The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano State has said that 40 percent of those who registered for voter cards registration were found to have registered before.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Riskuwa Arabi Shehu disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the ongoing voters registration exercise in Kano on Thursday.
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“As at January 2022, about 40 percent of those who registered in Kano State were found to have registered before.
“This scenario is in all the states of the federation.In fact, there were states that recorded over 50 percent illegal registration,” he said.
He said the Commission would continue to enlighten people to understand that the PVCs issued by the commission does not expire.
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“There is no need for anybody with his/her PVC to register again because double registration is an offence as clearly enshrined in the Electoral Act 2022.
He said following the upsurge in the number of prospective registrants, especially in the centes located within the metropolitan local government areas and the State office, the Commission had created additional registration centre at the Sani Abacha Indoor Sports complex at Kofar Mata.
He said adequate arrangements had been concluded to deploy 30 IVED machines and personnel to commence registration of eligible Nigerians from Tuesday, 5th July 2022.
On collection of the PVCs, the Commission would continue to encouraged all who registered to collect their PVCs in good time at respective local government offices of the Commission.
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He disclosed that currently there are no fewer than 380,000 uncollected old PVCs in addition to 77,117 new PVCs of those who registered in the first and second quarters (June to December) of the CVR adding that distribution had since commenced.
“Similarly,we received 13,932 cards of all those who updated their information or requested for transfer,” he said.
