Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin leaves Dhaka for Canada on Thursday night to inaugurate the voter registration and National Identity Card (NID) issuance program for Bangladeshi expatriates.
He is scheduled to depart at late night and will stay in Canada till September 12.
The CEC’s Personal Secretary Mohammad Ashraful Alam confirmed the matter on Thursday.
During the visit, the CEC will attend inaugural ceremonies of the voter registration and NID issuance programme for Bangladeshi expatriates in Toronto and Ottawa.
In addition, he will participate in multiple views exchanging meetings with the expatriate Bangladeshi citizens in both cities.
In these meetings, he will elaborate on the registration process for expatriate voters, data verification procedures and the methods by which expatriates can cast their votes in the upcoming national parliamentary elections.
A key focus of the visit will be to raise awareness about voting rights among expatriates and to ensure their active participation.
