Kufre George
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not printed the Permanent Voter Cards of Nigerians who participated in the Continuous Voter Registration exercise from January 15 to July 31, 2022.INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, disclosed this to newsmen recently He said there is pressure on INEC to conduct free and fair elections in 2023 and that it will be difficult for any politician to compromise the sanctity of electoral process in next year’s poll.Okoye also said INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu can only be removed constitutionally if he commits any infraction against his office but dismissed rumours of the removal of the INEC boss.On Wednesday, Yakubu at the Third Quarterly Meeting with political parties for the year 2022 in Abuja said 40 percent of newly registered voters are students while 76.5 percent of the newly registered voters are young people.Recall that INEC had in July suspended the Voter’s Registration after a one-month extension following the Federal High Court’s dismissal of a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which sought an extension of the exercise beyond June 30, 2022.
