The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, disclosed that it would deactivate the online Pre-Registration portal for the Continuous Voter Registration in April.
This was made known by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, to journalists in Lagos.
He said the commission would shut down the online portal while the physical registration would continue till June.
In his words: “There is no possibility of extending the CVR process because we have to clean up the register, and print PVCs.
“It is important that prospective voters collect PVCs, and we have to give every registered political party the voters register that will be used for the 2023 general elections.
“We are obliged by the law to discontinue everything relating to voter registration at a particular point in time.”
Okoye stressed that the fourth and final phase of the ongoing CVR scheduled to start on April 11 would be completed in June.
