P134 million down the drain.
Our country has just spent P134 million (US$13 million) on a national registration exercise for the upcoming October 2019 general elections. In my view, this is wasted money.Thinking "outside the box" you can't help wondering why voters have to register at all before they can vote. Registration of voters introduces issues of "voter trafficking", among many other ills, in an election, The voters' roll that is compiled during the registration exercise can instead be compiled by the voters' actual casting of the ballot at the voting booth, provided: (a) The voter can only vote once during an election (b) A record of where the voter cast his/her vote is kept for the next five years. In our country everyone above the age of sixteen (16) years is required by law to carry a national identification document (NID) bearing the individual's full name. date of birth, thumb print and other identifying characteristics. The NID is commonly referred to as "...