INEC laments low voter registration turnout in Enugu State

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has decried what it described as an `abysmal 1,801’ fresh registrations in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration in Enugu State.

INEC started the CVR online registration on August 18, while the in-person registration started nationwide on August 28.

Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC Enugu, Rex Achumie, told journalists that only 1,801 had registered in the past 15 days of the in-person CVR exercise in the area.

According to Achumie, the 15-day CVR registration period covered from August 25 to September 12 in INEC’s CVR centres in the state.

The HOD, who noted that the 1,801 comprised 896 males and 905 females, said that the fresh registration remained abysmally low, as the average state record is about 25,000 fresh registrations in the same period.

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