CBM Dismisses Claims of Electoral Interference, Says Membership Registration Voluntary.
The Movement said its registration was strictly for building its membership database, strengthening its organisational structures and coordinating activities, stressing that its membership forms and cards could neither confer voting rights nor serve as substitutes for official INEC voter registration documents.
In a statement by its Deputy Director-General, Media, Communication and Public Affairs, O’tega Ogra, CBM said registration was open to existing members and Nigerians willing to join the organisation voluntarily.
It disclosed that interested individuals could register physically or through its official website, www.cbmnigeria.org .
The Movement stressed that its membership registration and INEC’s voter registration served different purposes, noting that the electoral commission remained constitutionally responsible for registering eligible voters and maintaining the national register of voters. According to CBM, registration with the organisation does not confer voting eligibility, amend anyone’s details in INEC’s register or replace any requirement prescribed by the electoral commission. It also explained that its membership forms and cards were not electoral registration documents or substitutes for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). “The existence of a membership register does not, by itself, establish interference with or manipulation of the electoral register,” the statement said.
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