INEC Cries Out Over Low Voter Registration in Katsina, Begs Residents To Register
The Katsina State Independent National Electoral Commission is concerned about the low participation of residents enrolling for the Permanent Voter Card in the newly formed 1,750 voting locations.
Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Katsina.
He claimed that one year after the start of PVC registration, there was a low turnout for registration in newly constructed polling units.
Zarewa said, “In May 2022 when we did analysis, we realised out of the 1,750 newly established polling units, about 1,200 units did not have more than 50 people who registered in each of them.
“This registration involved transfers. Some of the polling units have zero registration, some have only one, some five while some have not more than 50 people who registered.
“Although this can be attributed to the suspension of telecommunication networks in 17 of the 34 Local Government Areas for about five months due to the security problem.
“Since the resumption of the exercise in March, out of the 1,750 polling units created, about 1,200 don’t have up to 50 people that registered in each of them.
“We are appealing to the people of those areas where the new polling units were created to go and register, as INEC is always ready for them.
“The reasons for the creation of additional polling units is to serve the areas and decongest the congested polling units through the transfer of their polling units.”
He said that the state originally had 4,902 polling units, but with the addition of new ones, there are now 6,652 polling units.
Zarewa said that the collection of PVCs is commendable, stating that INEC had to halt the issuance of PVCs prior to the 2019 election.
“As at that time, we had about three per cent of our cards collected, which means out of the 3.230 million PVCs we had, just about 50,000 were not collected.
“As of Jan. 12, 2022, we have taken 53,000 from the headquarters, and just a few days ago, we have taken an additional 20,000 for people who made corrections,” he said.
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