With the continuous voter registration (CVR) still ongoing at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Local Government area center’s’, Yiaga Africa’s Watching the Vote (WTV) trained observers continued to observe the process in 151 INEC registration centers across the six geo-political zones. This report includes the findings from the observer reports for the period of August 09 to August 27, 2021.Yiaga Africa observed improvement on deployment from the first reporting period, covering July 26-August 6. This includes compliance to the commencement time of 9:00 am and keeping centers open until all intending registrants on the queue have been attended to. Yiaga Africa still reports the poor deployment of security personnel to the registration centers as shown in Appendix 1and the near absence of political parties or their agents during this continuous voters registration exercise. Yiaga Africa notes that due to security threats in Gusau, Anka, Shinkafi, Zurmi and Bungudu LGAs in Zamfara state, citizens turnout to register was low. In Anambra and other states in the South-East, the confusion around the sit-at-home order on Mondays have also impacted on the exercise.
