The Kano State Government has intensified efforts to boost voter participation by deploying 701 adult literacy centres across the state as hubs for mobilizing eligible residents in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
The initiative, spearheaded by the State Committee on Voter Mobilization and Awareness Campaign, chaired by the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, is being implemented in collaboration with a Quadripartite Alliance of civil society organizations.
The Alliance comprises the International Peace and Secure Society (IPSS), Light House Self-Reliance Initiative, the Association for Adult and Non-Formal Education Centres (AANEC), and the Institute for Human Development and Information Technology (IHDIT).
At a high-level meeting held on September 6 at the AANEC headquarters in Kano, zonal directors, local government coordinators, and representatives of the state’s nine zones resolved to fully integrate the literacy centres into voter registration mobilization.
With 495,400 learners and over 6,300 trained facilitators spread across all senatorial districts, the centres are expected to anchor grassroots outreach.
Breakdown of active enrolment shows 201,500 learners in Kano Central supported by 2,804 facilitators, 143,700 learners in Kano North with 1,718 facilitators, and 150,200 learners in Kano South backed by 1,820 facilitators.
The committee outlined a three-week action plan that will cover households, schools, literacy centres, and communities across all 44 LGAs, 484 wards, and more than 11,000 polling units in Kano. ICT teams from the alliance will also assist citizens with online pre-registration, polling unit transfers, and related services.
Director General of IPSS, Comrade Dr. Yahaya Danjuma Yusuf, assured participants that the committee would consider requests for logistics, data, airtime, media support, mobility, and training to ensure smooth operations.
On their part, the leadership of literacy centres pledged to mobilize adult learners, their families, and communities, with a collective target of registering at least one million eligible residents within three weeks if given full government backing.
Speaking jointly, Dr. Yusuf and AANEC’s DG, Abdulmumin Bn Yusuf, emphasized that voter registration is a civic duty and the foundation of credible elections, stressing that no eligible citizen in Kano should be left behind.
The initiative, according to the committee, demonstrates the state government’s commitment to strengthening democratic participation and inclusiveness in the electoral process.
