The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has disclosed that a total of 118,287 people registered as voters countrywide between 21st June to 3rd July this year.
ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna said Northern Province was the highest with a total number of 24,556 people who registered as voters.
Mr Akufuna told ZANIS in Lusaka today that Copperbelt Province recorded a total number of 23,485 while Lusaka and Southern Provinces registered 14 000.
Others are Central with 10,000, Eastern with 8,000, Luapula (9,000) and Western Province 6,000 respectively.
Mr. Akufuna also disclosed that the Commission has pasted the dates at the centers where registration would take place to enable members of the public know when the facilities would be open for registration.
He appealed to members of the public to register as voters adding that the Commission was hoping to reach the target.
The Electoral Commission is targeting to capture 2.5 million voters.
[ ZANIS ]
My only worry is, with almost 33% of the time gone (i.e. 30 days out of the 90 days period that this Registration will be open), even 25% of the Targeted number (250,000) has not been reached! At this rate, I doubt whether ECZ will reach the target. It’s time they addressed the real problem and enhance the turnout rate…!
So many thingz to register for in our Nation. Why not just perfect and intensify the issuance of NRCz and we vote only with that?