INEC registers 184,064 new voters in Benue as CVR enters final phase

…REC pledges transparency, professionalism, fairness in Commission’s activities
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that no fewer than 184,064 new voters have been registered in Benue State in the first and second phases of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Benue State, Mallam Aminu Idris, made the disclosure on Thursday during his maiden press briefing at the Commission’s state office in Makurdi.
According to him, the first phase of the exercise recorded 55,866 new registrants while the second phase accounted for 128,198 new voters.
He explained that the fi...