INEC: Low voter registration in S’East worries ex-Senate President Wabara

…Tasks states, stakeholders connected grassroots sensitisation

By Steve Oko

Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has expressed heavy interest implicit the debased turnout of eligible voters successful the South East for the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.

According to caller statistic released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), less than 5,000 radical person registered successful the portion since the workout began connected August 18.

Describing the fig arsenic “very discouraging,” Wabara urged eligible voters, particularly those who person conscionable turned 18 oregon volition bash truthful earlier 2027, to instrumentality vantage of the workout and get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

“The figures from South East are not palatable; we can’t spend to miss out,” helium warned.

He called connected authorities governments, section councils, assemblage leaders, and stakeholders successful the portion to embark connected grassroots sensitisation campaigns to promote wide participation.

While blaming nationalist apathy connected what helium termed INEC’s deficiency of transparency successful past elections, peculiarly the 2023 statesmanlike poll, Wabara advised voters successful the portion to determination beyond disappointment.

“No magnitude of excuses tin warrant the consequences of shunning the exercise; we indispensable not play into the hands of our oppressors,” helium cautioned.

Wabara, who besides serves arsenic Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urged Nigerians to spot the CVR workout arsenic a “national duty” captious to ending what helium called the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led maladministration successful 2027.

He warned that Nigeria mightiness not “survive for excessively agelong if the APC continues successful powerfulness beyond 2027,” insisting that the PVC remains the lone morganatic limb to dismantle atrocious leadership.

“Nigeria is already connected the verge of collapse, and the lone accidental we person to avert this information is to get our PVC up of 2027. We indispensable discontinue the enemies of our democracy,” helium said.

While acknowledging voters’ vexation with the 2023 elections, Wabara cautioned against boycotting the CVR.

“We can’t chopped disconnected our look to spite the nose. 2027 is much than an election; it’s a rescue ngo for Nigeria’s democracy. Every patriotic national indispensable beryllium portion of this rescue ngo irrespective of people oregon faith,” helium declared.

Reiterating his telephone for urgent electoral reforms, peculiarly mandatory physics transmission of results, Wabara urged the National Assembly to “do the needful earlier 2027” to reconstruct nationalist assurance successful the electoral process.

“Nigeria’s ideology is successful the ICU. Electronic transmission of predetermination results successful existent clip has go the inevitable surgical weapon to prevention our democracy. The National Assembly indispensable not neglect to emergence to the juncture now,” helium stressed.

The erstwhile Senate President concluded by informing that votes indispensable beryllium made to number successful 2027, noting that “those benefiting from today’s anomalies whitethorn beryllium tomorrow’s wailers.”

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