CVR Positions Us To Serve Nigeria Better – INEC

The new technology introduced into the Continuous Voter Registration has positioned the Independent National Electoral Commission to better deliver on its mandate, INEC has said.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu recently revealed this when he led a delegation of the National Elections Commission of Liberia to the CVR physical registration centre at FCT headquarters’ INEC office.

According to him, compared to the experiences from previous CVR exercises, INEC has been able to get rid of the crowd at CVR centres with the new technology.

He added that people have even been reaching out to register since it is an option of physical registration, in addition to the completion of the online registration.

His words, “So far so good, because quite a number of the pre-registrants have come on appointment to complete their registration.”

“A number have also come to register physically because that is an option of physical registration, in addition to the completion of the online registration.”

“So far, you don’t see the kind of crowd that we used to see during registration.”

“Recall that between 2017 and 2018, we conducted a CVR over a period of 16 months and we learnt from the experience of that exercise. That is why we now introduced more technology into the process.”

“As you can see, the queue has disappeared and we are able to serve Nigerians better for that reason.”

“So, in addition to the briefing in the office yesterday, we thought we could bring her to one of our offices in Abuja, to actually see how voters are registered.”