All is now set for the take off of the Continuous Voters Registration in Ondo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).
Already, over 400 machines have been deployed to all the 18 local government areas in the State.
Besides, additional 23 machines have been moved to some wards with difficult terrains as well as over populated areas.
The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) Akin Orebiyi disclosed this in Akure, the State Capital while addressing Stakeholders ahead of the exercise.
Orebiyi said the machines with fully charged batteries and generators alongside back ups, cut across the 203 wards to avoid the hitches witnessed in the last registration exercise.
According to him, registration will take place in polling units where the records of the 2011 registration were lost.
The exercise would however, not take place in some units in Owo, Ese-Odo,Akure South, Odigbo and Ondo East.
This followed the inability of INEC to issue Permanent Voters Card, PVC, to the electorate during the just concluded exercise.
Orebiyi said INEC was yet to print the PVC of electorate in the areas.
He urged eligible voters in the areas not to come out for the exercise starting and that the date for the distribution of the PVC would be announced at a later date.
He appealed to people in the affected areas not to panic as such delay would not stop them from performing their civic responsibility.
The INEC Commissioner however, warned the people to desist from registering more than once, saying such persons would not be allowed to vote in the general election.
Stakeholders in their various contributions hailed INEC for a successful issuance of PVC in the State.
They, however, urged the commission to ensure that adequate publicity was given to those at the grassroots.
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