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In a bid to ensure that members participate in the ongoing continuous voter registration exercise, the Anglican Diocese of Afikpo, Ebonyi State, has declared operation show your voter card across churches in the Diocese.
According to the church it decided to make the declaration following poor participation of the South East in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across the six geopolitical zones ahead of the 2027 general election.
The Diocese stated that it was disheartening that while there is a remarkable surge in participation from northern states and South West, South East of Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo states participation in the continuous registration exercise was not much desired.
Bishop of the Diocese, Rev. Paul Udogu stated this in Oso Edda, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State during the first session of the seventh synod of the Diocese.
The Bishop directed all the clerics to use the remaining Sundays in this month and next month to educate and enlighten the members during worship on the importance of obtaining a voters card just as he called for a complete new constitution for the country which will represent the interest and will of Nigerians.
He argued that the 1999 constitution the nation was operating has undergone some amendments and that what Nigeria needs now was a new one.
Bishop Udogu, also called for the implementation of the recommendations of the 2014 sovereign national conference, expressing optimism that it will solve a lot of challenges facing the country.
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