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INEC will not extend on-going voter registration beyond the stipulated July 31 deadline, Chief Ken Okeagu, its National Commissioner in charge of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states said on Wednesday in Abakaliki.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Okeagu who was on a one-day working visit to Ebonyi said he was satisfied with the turnout of prospective voters at registration centres visited.<\/p>\n

He said INEC<\/a> would, however, consider the deployment of additional voter enrolment machines to contain the surge by potential voters.<\/p>\n

He expressed the optimism that INEC would enrol all eligible voters before the expiration of the July 31 deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall deploy additional registration machines to boost the registration in Ebonyi,\u2019\u2019 Okeagu said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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