By OLIVER SAMBOKOTHE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should be commended for recording a remarkable landmark in the voter registration exercise by managing to capture over 74 percent of the eligible voters, PF chairperson for finance, Alexander Chikwanda has said.Mr Chikwanda, who is former Minister of Finance said the ruling party was glad that the voter registration has proceeded exceedingly well despite anxieties from some political players.He said according to available data, as at close of business on December, 8, 2020, 5, 366, 324 voters were registered, meaning 74.53 percent of eligible voters were captured using 7.2 million as a more logical benchmark.Mr Chikwanda also said there was need to put things in the right context on the correct number of eligible voters in the country noting the nine million benchmark could not be the correct figure considering that Zambia’s population of 18 million was just an estimate.“Despite commotion and anxieties, some veritable, some quite […]
Chikwanda hails ECZ for capturing 74 pc of eligible voters
