The Independent National Electoral Commission in the Ondo state has announced the suspension of the Continuous Voters Registration exercise ahead of the October 10 governorship election in the state.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Rufus Akeju made the disclosure in Akure, the state capital on Wednesday.
He said that the commission will not distribute any Permanent Voter Card or carry out any transfer of voters registration or replacement of lost cards.
He also said the development was due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Akeju added that the commission was already mapping out ways of mitigating the challenges posed by the virus ahead of the governorship election.
He noted that out of the 1,822,346 registered voters in the state, 1,478,460 have so far collected their PVCs while 372,888 are yet to be collected.
Akeju added that all participating political parties must between July 2 and June 25 conduct their primaries to pick candidates for the election.
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