YIAGA deploys 260 monitors for voters’ registration

The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) has said that it will deploy observers in 260 local governments across the country to monitor the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) which begins today.

The exercise is designed to update the voters register to include citizens who turned 18 after the last exercise and those who could not register before.

YIAGA’s Executive Director, Samson Itodo, said yesterday in Abuja that his organisation would deploy its Watching The Vote (WTV) election observation methodology during the exercise.

“The observation mission is geared towards enhancing the credibility and transparency of the voter registration process. It will also generate data and knowledge for influencing electoral policy formulation and implementation in the buildup to the 2019 general elections,” he said.

He said YIAGA’s #WatchingTheVote was an advanced observation methodology that used established statistical principles and sophisticated information technology for reporting and assessment of electoral activities.

“Using this methodology, YIAGA will provide the most timely and accurate information on the conduct of the CVR, PVC distribution and transfer of registered voters.

“For the CVR, YIAGAs WTV is deploying 260 citizen observers to 260 randomly selected local government area registration centres spread across all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory based on established statistical principles,” he said.