CVR: Adamawa registers 111,762 eligible voters
Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner Kassim Gaidam said that the commission has registered a total of 111, 762 voters, from the 21 local government areas of the state, in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of the 2023 general elections.
While speaking to newsmen at the Commission’s headquarters in Yola, the Commissioner said of the 111, 762 voters registered online, 83, 395 have as of March 7, completed all the processes. 454 of which are people living with disabilities.
Gaidam explained that other achievements recorded by the commission are 2, 983 reviews, 9, 512 information updates, 14, 434 transfers, 3, 427 permanent voter card collections, 5, 147 card losses, and 2, 032 defaced card replacements.
According to Gaidam, the commission has also approved the decentralisation of the Continuous Voter Registration to registration areas/wards level on a rotational basis so as to cover eligible voters located far away to ensure that people above the age of 18 are registered.
He said the approved schedule for the rotation by local government areas would be given wider publicity for prospective registrants in the affected locations to avail themselves of the long-awaited opportunity for registration to ensure the success of the programme.
However, he revealed that the CVR would be suspended around June, preparatory to processing the data in readiness for the elections, saying that the Commission has granted approval for the redeployment of Heads of Departments and Electoral Officers who have stayed long in their states of posting.
