Only 14,801 persons of the 56,000 whose names, were deleted from the voters\u2019 register, have re-registered in the ongoing voters\u2019 register exhibition exercise, the Electoral Commission (EC) has said.<\/p>\n
With the deadline for the end of the re-registration two days away, the Head of Communications at the EC, Eric Dzakpasu, has expressed fears most people will be disenfranchised if the situation does not improve.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”IdOzqfHhzDJA3kZiMDjZsvwtWgoJsj67″]\u201cAs at the close of work yesterday [Monday], out of the 56,762 names deleted, 14,801 have re-registered,\u201d Mr. Dzakpasu revealed.<\/p>\n
He lamented that, “the people are not coming. We are expecting them to come in their numbers so that we can get most of them registered so that they can vote, but they are not coming as we expect them to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the concerns, Mr. Dzakpasu indicated that, the EC was doing what it could as according to him, \u201cthe least we can do under these circumstances, is to reach out to them, intensify the publicity and help them know that the exercise is ongoing so they come back and re-register.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur publicity vans are all over, NCCE is on the ground, we have involved the churches and the community leaders and traditional leaders. In some areas, we have even deployed the \u2018gong gong beaters\u2019 to announce to the community so they can come out and take part in the re-registration,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n![\"Director](\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_0290.jpg\")