Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will resume today in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma said yesterday.
He spoke after Sunday service at the Government House Chapel, Owerri, as Catholics marked the 2022 Mothering Sunday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last week placed a ban on registration, citing insecurity and death of its personnel.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, reads: “By Monday (today), CVR will resume in all the designated centres, while the three local government areas under ban will carry out the registration at their headquarters.
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“Those deliberately scaring the people away from registering are enemies of the state who want to draw the state back knowing full well that INEC registration and the population census are yardsticks for Federal Revenue Allocation to states and local governments.”
“Therefore, there is every need for every citizen of Imo State, 18 years and above, to register and obtain the PVC for the election.”
Governor Uzodimma also condemned the Ohaji Egbema fire explosion where about 100 persons died. He emphasised that ‘the right of oil allocation and refining only belongs to the Federal Government’.
“It is an economic sabotage and a taboo to engage in such clandestine business. Imo people involved in such activities should desist from such,” he added.
Uzodimma also condoled with bereaved families and prayed for the repose their loved ones.