The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in a statement on Wednesday, revealed that it has approved the creation of additional 370 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres across the country.
The commission stated that every state in the country, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was allocated 10 new centres each.
It noted that the decision was premised on INEC’s desire to provide citizens with wider access to registration centres to enable them to register in the on-going CVR exercise ahead of the 2019 general election.
“When added to the existing 302 centres created in the first quarter of the CVR exercise, the total number will rise to 672 nationwide.”
In another development, the statement disclosed that the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) inducted five directing staff of the Commission, during the institute’s annual conference held on Monday in Abuja.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu commended the Institute for its partnership with INEC in deploying the Electoral Alternative Dispute Resolution (EADR) tool, aimed at peacefully resolving electoral disputes.
Yakubu, who was represented by INEC National Commissioner, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, stated that the introduction of the EADR through several interventions such as training, meditation exercises and sensitization of electoral/political stakeholders had immensely helped in depleting cases of litigations in the electoral process.
Yakubu was also conferred with the Institute’s honorary fellowship in recognition of his support for the ADR mechanism.
According to the statement, the Commission had in the past, deployed the EADR tool through its ADR Directorate in resolving electoral disputes in different states including Kano and Imo.
