INEC Register 30,000 In Ibadan
INEC has registered 30,000 eligible voters in Ibadan North West Local Government Area of Oyo State, 11 days into the commencement of the ongoing voter registration.
Mr. Adelodun Davies, Electoral Officer of the Commission in the council revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN on Wednesday at Dugbe/Onireke, headquarters of the Council.
He cited inadequate ink for the printer as the major challenge hampering registration of voters in the council.
“We don’t have problem here, this place is peaceful, the corps members did not riot, they cooperated with me.
“But we have challenges of ink and the toner is not sufficient; toner to print our daily reports, but I have contacted the headquarters; they are making effort to give us enough toner.
“From my calculations, we have registered 30,000 eligible voters,†he told NAN.
The Electoral Officer recalled that at the start of the exercise on Jan. 15, he received 84 Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines out of the 160 needed for the exercise in all the 11 wards of the local government.
“At the start of the exercise, I was given 84 DDC machines, but the balance of 76 units were given to me the following day, so now I have the full complement of 160 DDC machines now and they are all working,†he said. Davies said, however, that few of the machines had minor problems and that “they have repaired them and are returning them to us.â€
The INEC official said that he was not sure of the number of those expected to register at these wards. “I cannot say accurately, but the DDC machine has the capacity to register 750 voters. After that, we will download the data and the machine will start from number one again.
“There is no limit to the number we can register, it is as far as the population of an area requires, there is no limit to the number we can register, but those who are 18 years and above are eligible to register,†he said.
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