Voter Registration: INEC Replies Court
Track UpNews
23 November 2022
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to resume voter registration before the forthcoming general elections of 2023.
This is following a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday which reportedly ordered the Commission to resume voter registration until 90 days before the election.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, INEC National Commissioner and Director of Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said the commission was yet to receive the true certified copies of the court ruling and noted that INEC was working on improving the voter registration process for future elections.
INEC had ended the registration exercise in July but civil society groups have kicked, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians
