The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern about the poor collection of permanent voters’ cards by electorates in Adamawa State’s 21 local governments.
Adamawa, the home state of one of the leading 2023 presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar, registered 222,308 voters during the most recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which ended in July 2022.
During a press conference on Friday, the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa, stated that over 200,000 voters had abandoned their PVCs since 2019.
“Some of the voter cards have yet to be collected by their original enrollees,” the REC stated, adding that INEC in Adamawa had received 4,104 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for deployment to the state’s 4,104 polling units ahead of the 2023 general election.
Yunusa also urged political parties and their members to maintain decency, discipline, and decorum during their ongoing campaigns.
We call on the politicians to avoid name-dropping, provocative comments, violence, thuggery and engagement of militia, he said.
The Electoral Act prohibits campaigns in worship and public offices, so such attitude would not be condoned by the commission, he added.