The Sokoto State Government has applauded the registered voters in the state as a result of their full participation during the display and clean up of register of voters by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The display and clean up of the register of voters which started on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 will end on Monday November 12, 2018.
A State Monitoring Committee under the Chairmanship of the Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment and Mobilization, Honourable Akibu Dalhatu, met with the State Executives of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as well as the Chairmen of the party in the 23 Local Government Areas and charged them to ensure full participation of all eligible voters in the state.
During the meeting, the Party Chairmen briefed the State Monitoring Committee on the challenges being faced in their areas and urged the committee to liaise with INEC in the state for prompt action in order to overcome the identified challenges.
In his remarks, Honourable Dalhatu explained that Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, Mutawallen Sakkwato directed the committee to liaise with all the PDP stake holders to ensure public enlightenment and awareness for eligible voters to participate in the exercise. Governor Tambuwal also directed the committee to ensure publicity in the media throughout the period of the exercise.
The Special Adviser, further stated that the committee has recorded success so far through public announcements and monitoring of the exercise throughout the 244 wards units in the state.
The Chairman further explained that the committee is compiling all the complaints by eligible voters that include missing names, spelling errors, names of dead registered voters, names of the under aged as well as multiple registrations which were already reported to INEC for further actions.
In his remarks, the State Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Kabiru Aliyu assured the committee of the full support of the executives of the party and further explained that the leadership of the party has since directed all the Local Government and Ward Chairmen of the party in the state to compile reports after the exercise and submit same to the committee.
In his speech, the State Zonal Vice Chairman, Sokoto North of the party, Alhaji Muhammadu Dangwaggo, advised all the eligible voters in the state to fully participate in the exercise in order to avoid being disenfranchised during the 2019 general elections.
He further challenged the INEC to continue to be a neutral umpire in conducting free, fair and credible general elections next year.
