Maurice Iwu

A. GUIDELINES FOR CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION The Continuous Voter Registration exercise is to provide opportunity

for those Nigerians who for one reason or the other could not register

during the last nationwide registration exercise i.e. those who have turned

18 years of age, the returnees etc.

Eligibility for Registration as a Voter

A person shall be qualified for registration if such a person:

· is a citizen of Nigeria;

· has reached the age of 18 years or above on Registration day;

· is ordinarily resident in, work in or an indigene of the Local

Government Area or registration Area where the Registration Centre is

located;

· is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote under any laws, rules or

regulation in force in Nigeria;

· presents himself / herself to the Registration Officers of INEC for

registration as a voter with any of the following documents;

§ birth or baptismal certificate;

§ national passport or national identity card;

§ driver’s licence

§ any other document that will prove the identity, age and

nationality of the person

Where can a person register?

For the purpose of the Continuous Voter Registration, the registration

centre is the INEC Local Government Office. Before a prospective voter

is registered, the registration area and the polling unit where the person

resides, works and is an indigene would be determined by the

Registration Officers.

Registration Period

Registration which is a continuous exercise shall commence from

January 8, 2008 between 9:00 am and 3:00pm daily, from Monday to

Friday.

B. DISTRIBUTION OF PERMANENT VOTER CARDS

The distribution of the permanent voters’ cards to those who registered

for the 2007 General Elections shall commence from January 8, 2008

and shall be carried out at the ward level.

By Rose Oriaran