2023: Become eligible voters, go out and register with INEC, OP tells Nigerians

Nigerians of voting age have been called to take advantage of the ongoing registration of voters throughout the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to come out and register en mass as eligible voters, to enable them vote come 2023 General Elections.

Our Party (OP), a political association awaiting registration with INEC having submitted its papers, made the call in a statement by its protem National Chairman, Comrade Mark Adebayo, saying it had already on its own kick-started mass voter education to encourage eligible Nigerians to partake in the exercise ahead of next poll exercise in the country

OP national chairman, Adebayo, while urging Nigerians not to miss the opportunity offered by the current exercise by INEC, posited that it was incumbent on all citizens to take the advantage of the golden opportunity to ensure they registered to vote in the 2023 general elections and other elections prior and thereafter. 

This was just as he noted that INEC has really improved in its registration processing and made it easier, “by going technological as Nigerians can now register online and just walk to the nearest registration center to them, perfect their registration and collect their permanent voter’s cards, PVCs, on the spot without hassles.”

“The process is far easier and less cumbersome now unlike in the past. You can complete everything in less than ten minutes as the INEC officials attending to registrants are quite friendly and professional in their conduct as our nationwide observations have revealed,” the statement said.

The party boss further noted that with the new approach, the numbers of Nigerians taking advantage of the registration exercise should be higher, saying people needed to take advantage of this window of registration to enable them participate in the electoral processes. 

According to him,  “Between 2019 and now, about 10 million Nigerians have attained the age of 18 years and above. If you add the number of adults who haven’t registered before, it comes to many millions of Nigerians. 

“We cannot be complaining about bad leadership if we don’t participate in the leadership recruitment processes through periodic elections and you cannot vote if you don’t register. More Nigerians need to show interest in the registration exercise.”

Adebayo said OP members will, to this end, hit the streets through organised rallies nationwide to bring mass awareness to Nigerians on the importance of voter registration, declaring that all hands must be on deck to support INEC through effective voter education as the Commission was doing a lot to encourage Nigerians to register and, therefore, deserved all the supports they could get at the moment. 

“All hands must be on deck to support INEC through effective voter education. The Commission is doing a lot to encourage Nigerians to register and they deserve all the supports they can get at the moment. 

“Helping INEC is helping ourselves and our democracy to grow. INEC alone cannot do it without the support of all Nigerians. We call on Nigerians who have not yet registered to troop out en mass to register at the INEC Registration Centers nearest to them. 

“It is for the benefit of our country and we the citizens. Democracy gets strengthened by mass participation of the people. Let’s all do it together,” he said. 

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