INEC registers 537,874 new voters in Kaduna

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has registered 537,874 new voters in Kaduna state in the continuous voter’s registration exercise that ended last Friday, while 269,787 permanent voters’ cards were yet to be collected.
The commission said that collection of Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs) by the newly registered voters, and yet to be collected PVCs would continue until one week before the 2019 general elections.
Addressing the media at the commission’s headquarters in Kaduna state the weekend, Kaduna state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abdullahi Kaugama urged voters who were yet to collect their PVCs to do so at the local government offices of the Commission.
According to the REC, “With the conclusion of the CVR exercise in Kaduna state, we have so far registered 537,874, comprising 302,342 males and 235,532 females.
Those whose PVCs were corrected were 29,179, defaced; 4,018 and lost; 17,298, while inter-state transfer were 8,239 and intra-state transfer; 19,434.
“So far, 52,507 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the state, while 269,787 PVCs were uncollected,” he explained.
Kaugama disclosed that with the conclusion of the CVR exercise, the new voters’ list would be displayed at INEC local government offices from September 4 to September 8 for affected voters to crosscheck and validate their captured data, as well as for claims and objections.
Kaugama, who pledged INEC’s resolve to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2019, assured that all newly registered voters and those whose PVCs were yet to be printed prior to the CVR will get their cards before the general elections.