File photo of INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to introduced innovations for registering all qualified citizens with the aim of conducting credible, free and fair elections ahead of 2023.
The Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during a workshop on the review of the 2017/2018 Nationwide continuous voter registration, held in Kano.
The Chairman, who was represented by the Chief Technical Adviser to the chairman, Professor Bolade Eyinla, said the aim of the review meeting was to provide officials of the commission on the methodology for the conduct of new CVR exercise and the new equipment and technology for the CVR process.
“The meeting was targeted at examining the challenges encountered in the field by the registration officer, Evaluate the challenges and the lessons learnt in order to provide workable solutions to mitigate the identified challenges”
In a remark, The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the commission in Kano State, Professor Riskuwa Arabu Shehu said the meeting was very timely, aimed at achieving the set objectives.
He encouraged the participants at the meeting to explore the opportunity by brainstorming on modalities of addressing the challenges encountered during the past registration exercise.
Professor Shehu appealed to the general populace who are qualified to register to come out enmass and register immediately the registration commences next month.
“We are trying our best to overcome the challenges we encountered during the last registration exercise, modern techniques of registration would this around be implored, geared towards easing the registration process “
The meeting was attended by officials of the commission from different parts of the country.
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