The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the voters’ registration exercise will from August 1st extend to weekends and public holidays.

This was revealed in a statement released by the commission on Wednesday.

INEC had previously said the Continuous Voting Registration will be suspended August 17.

“It was resolved that starting from Wed1st of August 2018: the CVR exercise will take place between 9am– 5pm instead of 9am-3pm as obtains presently);

“2. There will also be Registration on Saturdays and Sundays as well as public holidays(if any)within the period.”