questionable even as the electoral body is set to distribute Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, to that number of people in the State starting from Friday, November 7 to 9, 2014, The Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, had on October 29, announced the commission’s decision.
Fashola also described the
figure as an attempt to disenfranchise majority of Lagos electorate in the
forthcoming 2015 general elections as it showed a shortfall of 1,447,845 to the
previously released 6,247,845 registered voters announced by INEC in the
registration exercise before the 2011 elections.
Meantime, the governor has
declared Friday, November 7, 2014, a work-free day for public servants to
enable them participate in the first day of the PVCs distribution, which is a
working day out of the three days earmarked for collection by INEC. The governor
made the remarks in a special state-wide broadcast to residents on the
commencement of the issuance of PVCs by INEC in the state, held at the State
House, Marina, Lagos.
Fashola noted that with the
commencement of the process of issuance of PVCs in Lagos, the process for
elections has therefore, started saying, election is a process, starting from
voters’ registration, to balloting, to announcement of results and to election
petition and swearing in of elected persons. “So for the avoidance of any doubt,
elections have started,” he said.
“This is strange, it is
surprising and I believe INEC owes the people of Lagos a lot of answers and
very quickly too. “INEC must explain to us how 1,447,845 voter registration
cards disappeared to leave Lagos with only 4,800,000 registered voters. “INEC
has itself attempted to ascribe the disappearance of 1,447,845 registered
voters on its register in Lagos to what it calls “consolidation”; “Business
Rule” and AFIS.”“Lagosians demand to know what these terms mean. Are they
provided for in the Electoral Act?
PDP wants to frustrate Lagos state
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