INEC Registers 443, 000 New Voters In Plateau

About 443, 000 new voters have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the just concluded Voters Registration (CVR) in Plateau.

This was disclosed by the Head, Voters Education and Publicity of the commission in the state, Mr Imahiyereobo Osaretin in an interview today in Jos.

Osaretin said the figure represented the total number of persons registered between April 2017 and August 2018.

“Between April 2017 when we commenced the registration and when it was suspended in August, we registered over 443, 000 new voters in Plateau,” he said.

Osaretin however noted that the figures do not represent the total number of registered voters as the commission are still trying to ascertain the actual figures.

He explained that the exercise would resume after the 2019 general election has they have suspended the exercise.

He also said INEC had displayed information of the newly registered voters at various LGAs headquarters in the state.

Osaretin advised them to go and check their names so as to avoid mistakes when printing their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs)