SAT, 16 JULY, 2022-theGBJournal| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Friday announced Sunday July 31st, 2022 as new deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), after all legal encumbrances were thrown out, and bringing the total duration of the extension to 31 days (1st-31st July 2022).
The exercise has also been extended to eight hours daily from 9.00am – 5.00pm instead of the current duration of six hours (9am-3.00pm), and also extended to include weekends as against only weeks.
‘’We appreciate that the timeframe maybe tight for many prospective registrants, but there is a lot the Commission is required to do under the electoral legal framework in relation to the voter registration and compilation of the registrar that will require time to accomplish,’’ INEC said in reference to the new deadline.
The decision for deadline extension followed judgement delivered by the Federal High Court on Wednesday July 13th, 2022 in which it dismissed the suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) which is seeking an extension of the exercise beyond 30th June 2022.
The Court affirmed that INEC is at liberty to appoint a date of its choice to suspend the CVR, provided it is not later than 90 days before the date fixed for the general election as provided in Section 9(6) of the Electoral Act 2022.
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