The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, has said that the Ika south voters register database has crashed.
This was made known by INEC officials to the 52 clans that make up Ika south during the on-going review of the voters register, preparatory to issuing the PVC.
According to INEC, "we are sorry to inform you that the database of this local government council area crashed. In other words deleted from our system database and as such, INEC will be conducting another registration in all the wards soon."
While acknowledging that the fault came from their staff. They pointed out that the commission will deploy machines to the LG for the Indigenes to re-register.
However several calls put to Dr Cairo Ojougbo, the PDP leader in the LG to sort his views was not answered up to the time of filing this report.
Speaking to DELTA DECIDES, a 2015 house of assembly aspirant from the LG, Barr Felix Morka, said that there should be a back-up of the database which INEC is supposed to use to make provision for the permanent voters card.
He said it would not be possible to re-register those who have done so in the previous registration exercise.
While calling on INEC to rise to their
responsibility by spreading the information to the hooks and crannies in the council area, Barr. Morka pointed out that whilst the indigenes continue to do a fresh registration, there is need for the commission to make use of the back-up in providing the PVC.
DD gathered that it may not be possible especially in view of the time frame necessary to do the data capture and display for verifications before the up coming LG election slated for October.
Whilst rumors have it that intending indigenes are requested to come along with a passport photograph for the exercise.
However, it is not clear how the passport photographs and fingerprints will be captured in the subsequent PVC.
