The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has registered 20,000 new voters in the ongoing Continous Voters Registration (CVR) in Ondo State ahead of the November governorship election.
It said the enthusiasm shown by young Nigerians to get registered as voters indicated that voter’s apathy would not be witnessed in the state.
The national chairman of INEC, Yakubu Mamoud, spoke in Akure on Sunday, June 2, during his two days visit to the state to observe the CVR exercise and assess readiness of the electoral body for the polls.
Yakubu said 17 political parties conducted primaries to participate in the governorship election.
According to him, “We are here to observe the ongoing voters registration which started on the 27th of last month and we have made tremendous progress based on the daily report we are receiving from the state office.
“From the figures of the registration, there is enormous voters turnout. We have over 20,000 new registrants. These excludes transfers and collection of cards and replacement of cards. With the enthusiasm demonstrated by young Nigerians when you look at the break down of the figures, there will be no voter’s apathy in the Ondo election.”
