by Akan Ido
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has granted a two-day extension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in all states under the third phase of the exercise except Adamawa.
In effect, the CVR that commenced on Wednesday, November 12 and was scheduled to end on Monday, November 17, 2014, will now last until Wednesday, November 19, 2014.
The states affected are Kano, Edo, Plateau, Ogun, Imo and Lagos.
The Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, approved the extension to make up for initial challenges in the exercise and to enable as many eligible persons as possible to get registered.
The Commission strongly admonishes against persons using the CVR to engage in multiple registration, which is a criminal offence and culprits liable to prosecution.
The extension of registration by INEC is expected if it will clear the mess. If one may ask, why is INEC just discovering that data captured in 2011 just cannot be found in 2014? And by now heads are not rolling. That is ‘governance’ and ‘transformation’ for you or are we so gullible?