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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that no fewer than 2.5million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise during the November 6 Anambra governorship election.<\/div>\n
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These according to the electoral body comprises the 77,475 new registrants at the end of the first quarter of the Continuous Voter\u2019s Registration (CVR) exercise on 5th September and the existing register of 2,447,996 eligible voters used for the 2019 general election.<\/p>\n

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this at the emergency meeting of political parties and the commission in Abuja yesterday, said work was ongoing on the printing of the PVCs for new registrants.<\/p>\n

Yakubu assured that INEC would use various channels, including e-mails and text messages, to contact the new voters to collect their Permanent Voters\u2019 Cards (PVCs) before the election.<\/p>\n

He alsosaid the commission was committed to enhancing on the capacity of political parties to deepen internal democracy for political stability in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the opening ceremony of this year\u2019s annual summit of political parties and stakeholders held in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Yakubu noted that the summit, organised by the Political Parties Leadership and Policy Development Centre of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru would enhance and promote tolerance, democracy and equality of political parties in the country.<\/p>\n

Represented by a national commissioner in the commission, Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, the INEC chairman noted that political parties, through the summit, would learn and fill existing gaps in their parties, such as inclusivity, more participation of Women and the involvement of more youths.<\/p>\n

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