INEC suspends online continuous voter registration in Lagos

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will temporarily suspend the online Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) application process in Lagos to give room for those already registered to check for correctness of their information supplied during the registration.

This was disclosed in a statement by INEC on Monday, in Lagos, in a bid to evaluate the process so far in the state.

INEC added that the process, which also involves biometric registration would be suspended from Tuesday, September 21, 2021.

“The exercise, based on the approved timelines and schedule, will start on September 24 and end on September 30 2021,” INEC said.

“The temporary CVR stoppage is to give room for all registrants to check for appropriateness or otherwise of their information supplied during the registration.

“The 7-day long activities are also to raise objections (if any) about names that are not supposed to be on the register, like names of dead persons, foreigners and Nigerians below the age of 18.

“The Commission will also use the period for other necessary housekeeping (backend) activities in preparation for the next quarter,” they added.

INEC stated that the names of all approved registrants will also be displayed publicly at the local government INEC offices in all the 20 local government areas of Lagos state, urging the support of the masses with information gathering.