‘Don’t disenfranchise eligible Nigerians’ — Peter Obi tells INEC to extend voter registration

Presidential campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to widen the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, workout to let much eligible Nigerians, peculiarly young people, to registry up of the 2027 wide elections.

Obi made the entreaty successful a connection posted connected his authoritative X grip on Wednesday, arguing that extending the registration play would beforehand wider information successful the electoral process without undermining preparations for the polls.

According to the erstwhile Anambra State governor, thousands of Nigerians attain the property of 18 each time and go constitutionally eligible to vote.

He said they should not beryllium denied the accidental to workout their civic rights due to the fact that of an aboriginal closure of the registration exercise.

“As we proceed to promote Nigerians to enactment actively successful our democracy, I respectfully entreaty to INEC to see extending the elector registration model to the latest applicable day that inactive allows capable clip for the mentation of a credible voters’ registry earlier the 2027 wide elections,” Obi said.

He noted that his presumption is suppo...