By Bukola Olasanmi
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it can’t resume voters registration before the 2023 general elections.
The election body said it would be constitutionally and legally impossible to do so.
The registration exercise ended in July but civil society groups have kicked against the decision to end it, arguing that the move would disenfranchise millions of Nigerians.
A Federal High Court in Abuja reportedly ordered the Commission to resume voters registration until 90 days before the election.
However, INEC National Commissioner and Director of Voter Education, Festus Okoye on Channels Politics today programme on Tuesday night, said the Commission was yet to obtain the certified true copies of the court ruling.
Okoye also suggested that voter registration ahead of the 2023 elections was more or less over.
“It would be constitutionally and legally impossible for the Commission to resume the Continuous Voter Registration exercise,” Mr Okoye said.
He also noted that INEC was working on improving the voter registration process for future elections.