The Ekiti State Government has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the duration of the voters registration.
The Head of Service, Olugbenga Faseluka, made the call when he went round the local government areas to monitor the exercise.
Describing the turnout as impressive, Faseluka said the time frame for the exercise would be grossly inadequate to accommodate all eligible voters waiting to be captured.
According to him, it took about seven minutes to register one voter, which led to a huge number of spill-over of people at the close of the exercise each day. He added that it would have been more conducive if the exercise had been extended till 5pm daily.
Faseluka said the government will follow up on the complaints and requests of stakeholders, particularly on the creation of additional polling units in some areas.
The head of service, who stressed that the sensitisation/monitoring programme was apolitical, emphasised that the focus was to secure the future of Ekiti as an entity, adding that the exercise was to allow those that relocated to transfer their cards, replace damaged cards, and allow new voters to register.
Governor Ayodele Fayose declared last Friday a work-free day for workers and directed senior civil servants to mobilise and monitor the exercise in their respective localities to ensure that as many eligible people as possible register.
The Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu, and the Council Chairman Aderemi Ayeni, appealed for the establishment of more polling units in the council to forestall a disenfranchisement of many people residing at Obasanjo Estate, Shasha Market and other settlements along the Ikere/Ado road.
The Arakaja of Igbara-Odo, Oba Edward Jayeola, who said the community organised a house-to-house sensitisation for unregistered eligible voters to do so before the end of the exercise, called for additional registration machines to ease the process and allow all interested eligible voters to register within the specified time frame.