The National Electoral Commission (NEC) seems to be blind with this biometric system of registration. The election is just around the corner and yet the institution is still
The National Electoral Commission is set to equally distribute a total of over 300,000 pending registration voter Identity Cards as the commission folds up with phase one of
Sierra Leone is witnessing a slow turnout of voter registration ahead of the November polls, and the reasons seem to be numerous.
Many reasons have been proffered for the
The biometric voter registration system is new to Sierra Leone. The system, which has reputedly cost over $14 million, has been the brunt of controversy and praise of
In sub-Sahara Africa, most countries have grudgingly tailored in multiparty systems, amended their constitutions, educated their citizens on democracy and voting, and the list goes on, to be