NIGERIA (Abuja)-As preparation for the 2014 governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti States gets to the climax, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to 19, for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in both states respectively.

This was disclosed in Abuja yesterday by the INEC’s Director (Voter Registration), Mr. Emmanuel Akem at a stakeholders’ forum on the “Status of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) toward the 2015 general elections”, said this would enable the commission to accommodate all complaints that may arise from voter registration before the governorship elections.
He said the CVR would correct some of the anomalies detected in the 2010 voter register, stressing that the CVR was not for those that could not register in 2010.

“We want to use the opportunity of the CVR to correct some of the mistakes in terms of biometrics in the previous registration. The choice of the registration centres at the ward has to do with increasing the participation in the process,” he said.

Akem noted that those who could not register at the ward could come to the INEC local government offices to register.

The director urged people not to engage in multiple registration during the exercise, adding that any perpetuator shall be dealt with.