The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), in Nasarawa state, has suspended its
proposed voters card and continuous voter’s
registration schedule for November 7th to 9th,
due to logistic problems.
This was contained in a press statement, signed
by the Head of Department (Voter Education and
publicity, Alhaji Abdullahi M. Ibrahim for
Resident Electoral Commissioner and made
available to news men in Lafia yesterday.
Though there was no details as to the
postponement, according to the press statement,
the INEC was faced with logistic challenges
which brought about the alteration.
According to the statement, a new dates for the exercise will be
November 28thto 30th, for the distribution of permanent
voter’s card and December 3rd to 8th for continuous voter’s
registration.
The statement called on the people of the state to bear with the
commission over the postponement.
In a related development, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)
in Nasarawa state has called on the stakeholder’s and
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make
frantic effort in ensuring that nobody is disenfranchise during
the exercise to be conducted by December.
The state PDP chairman, Chief Yunana Iliya, who made the
plea yesterday while briefing journalist in his office, implored
citizens of the state that eligible to avail themselves for the
registration and not to be deter by any force (s).
Iliya further appealed to the state government to, as a matter of
urgency, bring an end to the insecurity facing the state, which
according to him, has rendered some homes displaced.

Source: http://www.peoplesdailyng.com/inec-suspends-distribution-of-permanent-voters-card-in-nasarawa/


MOds pls move this to front page