1.3m voters to participate in Kogi governorship poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed that 1,397,786 voters will participate in the governorship election holding in Kogi State on November 21.

Daniel Kure, the Director of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokojam the Kogi State capital, on Friday.

Kure said the number included the 47,389 voters newly registered during the continuous voter registration held in September.

Kure said the distribution of permanent voter cards to the newly registered voters will commence on November 9 and end on November 20.

The Director told NAN that old registrants, who are yet to collect their voter cards, should come out and collect them.

Kure said only voters with permanent voter cards will be allowed to vote on the election day, adding that the card reader machine will also be deployed for the election.

NAN.