The Independent National Electoral Commission is to resume its Continuous Voter Registration in Imo State.
The commission had suspended the exercise following the attack by gunmen on staff members.
Governor Hope Uzodimma, while stating that the CVR will commence on Monday, said the resumption became necessary to avert disenfranchising the citizens.
A statement issued by Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, said the governor gave the hint on Sunday at the end of a church service at the Government House Chapel, Owerri.
The governor was quoted as saying that his intervention became necessary to allow Imo citizens to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards before the next general election.
Uzodimma said, “By Monday, April 25, 2022 the CVR will resume in all the designated centres while the three local governments under ban will carry out the registration at their local government headquarters.
“Those who are deliberately scaring the people away from registering are enemies of the state who want to draw the state back knowing full well that the INEC registration and the population census are yardsticks for Federal Revenue Allocation to states and local governments.
“Therefore, there is every need for every citizen of Imo State, 18 years and above, to go and register and obtain the PVC for the forth coming election.”