The Independent National Electoral Commission in Osun State has commended youths in the state for participating effectively in the online registration, just as the body warned against double registration, which it says is an offence punishable under the law.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, in a statement titled ‘Commencement of physical registration,’ says the Commission would be conducting quarterly display, as well as using the Automated Biometrics Identification System to identify and remove double or multiple registrations as well as underage registration.
The INEC boss also announced that physical registration of voters would commence from July 26, 2021 across the state.
Giving further details about the exercise, he says, while online registrants that have scheduled appointments from 19th July, 2021 to 23rd July, 2021 will have their appointments rescheduled, the Commission has concluded arrangements towards deploying the INEC Voters Enrolment Devices to all the 30 local government area INEC offices across the state and the state office in Osogbo for the commencement of the physical registration beginning from Monday, 26th July, 2021.
Agbaje further explained that the Continuous Voter Registration would be in place until the middle of May 2022 to enable the Commission to print the Voters Cards and bring them back for distribution before the governorship election slated for July 16, 2022.
