The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will soon provide eighteen (18) million additional registration cards across Nigeria for the ongoing nation-wide Registration and Revalidation exercise.
Member of the National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Senator Abba Ali disclosed this to Newsmen in Sokoto, after monitoring the exercise in Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto States.
He said that the decision to provide the addition was sequel to popular demands.
“Each of the nearly 180,000 Polling Units in the country, in the 8,812 Political Wards was given one hundred registration cards for the ongoing two-week exercise.
“Due to high demands and Nigerians, APC and non APC members were eagerly waiting to participate in the exercise, the cards finished on the day of the commencement of the exercise in some polling units.
“This informed the decision by the NEC to provide the additional cards and as we are speaking now, the cards are being printed.
“They will be distributed across the country, as soon as possible. So far, so good, as the exercise is going smoothly, with little hitches that had been surmounted,” Senator Ali said.
Senator Ali, who is also the Head of the North -West Registrar and Revalidation Supervision, added that, the exercise was conceived as part of efforts to update the register of the largest Political Party in Africa, the APC.
“The world is also in a digital age and the APC will not lag behind. We have to move with the time.
“We want the people to form the party, allow them to elect the leaders they like, this is the crux of this exercise.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is relentlessly working to take Nigeria to greater heights and that is why Nigerians have been enthusiastically willing to join the APC,” he added.
Senator Ali further noted that, the ongoing exercise was the beginning of many good things to occur to Nigerians, including plausibly combating of security challenges in Nigeria.
