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| INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu |
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has approved the creation of additional 370 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres across the country.
The commission, in a statement issued on its online newspapers
on Wednesday in Abuja, said that each states and the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) was allocated 10 new centres each.
“When added to the existing 302 centres created in the first
quarter of the CVR exercise, the total number will increase to 672 nationwide.”
It noted that decision was informed by INEC’s desire to
provide citizens with wider access to registration centres to enable them
register in the on-going CVR exercise ahead of the 2019 general election.
The CVR exercise commenced on April 27.
In another development, the statement disclosed that the
Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) inducted five
directing staff of the Commission.
It stated that the induction took place during the
institute’s annual conference held on Monday in Abuja.
It quoted INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the
occasion, as commending the Institute for its partnership with INEC in
deploying the Electoral Alternative Dispute Resolution (EADR) tool, aimed at
resolving electoral disputes peacefully.
Yakubu, represented by INEC National Commissioner, Dr
Adekunle Ogunmola, said that the introduction of the EADR through several
interventions such as trainings, mediation exercises and sensitization of
electoral/political stakeholders had greatly helped in reducing cases of
litigations in the electoral process.
He expressed optimism that with greater partnership with the
ICMC, more awareness on the use of the ADR tool in resolving electoral disputes
would be created.
It noted that Yakubu was also conferred with the Institute’s
honorary fellowship in recognition of his support for the ADR mechanism.
According to the statement Commission had in the past,
deployed the EADR tool through its ADR Directorate in resolving electoral
disputes in different states including Kano and Imo(NAN)
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