APC Dismisses Claims of Forced E-Registration of Civil Servants

|By Chinwendu Nwani

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has firmly rejected allegations that it is compelling civil servants to participate in its ongoing nationwide e-registration exercise.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, dismissed the claims on Thursday while responding to questions during an interview on Arise Television.

Morka said the allegations were baseless, insisting that the party is already grappling with registering its existing members and new entrants who are willingly signing up due to heightened enthusiasm. According to him, the volume of interested participants has stretched the party’s registration infrastructure, leading to periodic network congestion and technical hitches.

He argued that forcing unwilling individuals, including civil servants, to register is both impractical and unrealistic. Morka stressed that there is neither the time nor incentive for such an exercise, describing the allegation as difficult to imagine.

He explained that delays experienced during the registration process are largely due to technological limitations, including network downtime and poor connectivity in some parts of the country. To address these challenges, Morka said the APC has identified districts with weak network coverage and deployed alternative device systems that allow supervisors and agents to temporarily register members on the platform.

Morka maintained that only individuals with genuine interest in the party are currently attempting to register, noting that many are already struggling to complete the process because of congestion on the network.