Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has declared a work-free week to enable public and civil servants to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Card (PVCs) ahead of next year’s general elections.
The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, made this disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Gusau on Sunday morning.
‘This is to inform the general public that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has declared next week, Monday to Friday June 20 to 24, a work-free week.
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‘This is to enable the state public and civil servants to go to their respective localities to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
‘By this announcement, all Commissioners, Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries, other public office holders, party officials, and traditional rulers are hereby directed to monitor and supervise the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise’.
According to him, the community leaders are expected to ensure that eligible voters within their wards and local government areas register and obtain their PVCs.
Meanwhile, in preparation for the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it would be deploying an additional 209 voter enrolment machines to suit the machine imbalance in the five South-Eastern States, Lagos and Kano.
This is contained in a statement by Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Friday.
Okoye said that the commission received reports from states indicating an unprecedented surge in the number of citizens that wished to register as voters and the challenges they faced across the country.
