SAN FRANCISCO, November 04, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise will commence in the first quarter of 2021 ahead of the 2023 general election.
The sum of N1bn has also been earmarked by INEC for the exercise.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu during a budget defence session with the Senate Committee on INEC.
The INEC boss said he is in support of diaspora voting and called on the National Assembly to amend the Electoral Act to accommodate diaspora and early voting.
The Commission is also seeking approval of the Senate to spend N5.2bn from the special INEC fund to make up for the shortfall in the 2020 budget.
The Commission had earlier in October said the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the voter registration exercise.
