The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the imminent disenfranchisement of Nigerian youths, especially those in higher institutions of learning, as the schools are scheduling examinations close to the forthcoming general election.
Tukura stressed that 3.8 million of the newly registered voters are students, accounting for 40.8 per cent of the total number of newly registered voters, as stated by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the commission’s 2022 third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja.
“The House is further concerned that tertiary institutions are not considering academic breaks for students during the general elections, despite having knowledge that most students registered outside their campuses during the continuous voter registration exercise, which took place during the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities strike.”
Tukura added, “The House is worried that, while the students are busy with academic activities, the Independent National Electoral Commission is engaged in distributing PVCs at the wards across the 774 LGAs of the federation, which deprives students of the opportunity to collect their PVCs.
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