The Independent National National Electoral Commission has said it would invite new registrants in the Continuous Voter Registration in Edo and Ondo States for validation.
The CVR was held in the two states from May 27 to June 9, 2024, after which INEC displayed the register for one week across the wards in Edo and Ondo States.
In a statement on Thursday, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, stated that following a cleanup using the Automated Biometric Identification System, 82 registrants in Edo State and 164 in Ondo state did not meet the threshold for seamless accreditation.
He said, “The commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Thursday, July 18, 2024, and considered, among other issues, matters arising from the last CVR in Edo and Ondo States, held from May 27 to June 9, 2024.
“Following the conclusion of the exercise, the commission displayed the register for one week (12 – 19 June 2024) in the 395 Wards across the two States for claims and objections by Nigerians as provided in Section 19 of the Electoral Act 2022.
“This manual process was followed by a further clean-up of the register using the ABIS, at the end of which the Commission discovered that the quality of Biometric details for 246 applicants (82 in Edo State and 164 in Ondo State) did not meet the threshold for seamless accreditation using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) which is a mandatory requirement for accreditation under Section 47(2) of the Electoral Act 2022.”
