Niger APC Candidate Asks INEC To Address Hitches In Online Voter Registration

Following growing concerns over difficulties faced by some eligible voters to participate in the ongoing online registration of voters, the House of Representatives candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger State, Hon. Adamu Abubakar, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make the process less difficult.

He called on the commission to urgently address the issue associated with the online registration of voters by reducing the encumbrances in the process.

Abubakar told journalists in Minna, the state capital, that by making the process less cumbersome, prospective eligible voters, especially the youths would be encouraged to register with little persuasion.

While calling on the youths and all eligible Nigerians to take advantage of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) to obtain or update their permanent voter cards (PVCs), he expressed confidence that the outcome of the exercise would be successful considering the enthusiasm of various staekholders.

He, however, stressed that meaningful participation in democracy begins with voter registration, positing that without it the people would not be able to choose leaders of their choice and influence the outcome of elections

Abubakar described the PVC as more than an electoral document, as he noted that it is ‘the key that unlocks every citizen’s constitutional right to determine the direction of governance in the state and country.

Adamu appealed to first-time voters, students, artisans, entrepreneurs and other young people to embrace the registration as a civic responsibility rather than waiting until election campaigns commenced.