The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Friday, expressed optimism that the new technology introduced into the Continuous Voter Registration had positioned it to better deliver on its mandate.

The Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, stated this when he led a delegation of the National Elections Commission of Liberia to the CVR physical registration centre at its Federal Capital Territory headquarters.

According to him, compared to experiences from previous CVR exercises, INEC had been able to eliminate the crowd at registration centres with the new technology.

Yakubu said, “So far, so good, quite a number of the pre-registrants have come on appointment to complete their registration. A number have also come to register physically because there is an option of physical registration, in addition to the completion of the online registration.

“So far, you don’t see the kind of crowds that we used to see during registration. Recall that between 2017 and 2018, we conducted a CVR over a period of 16 months and we learned from the experience of that exercise.

“That is why we now introduced more technology into the process. As you can see, the queue has disappeared and we are able to serve Nigerians better for that reason.”

He stated that INEC would maintain the momentum until the end of the exercise on June 30, 2022, when it would suspend the process to enable the commission to compile the voter register, ahead of the 2023 general elections.