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Ahead 2023 Elections, INEC Promises To Address Issues Of Underage Voters, Double Registrations

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November 18, 2022
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Abuja – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would address all issues of underage and double registrations raised concerning the national register of voters.

INEC had this month made the entire register public on its website for the first time in the nation’s electoral history.

However, many, Nigerians have identified numerous cases of underage and double registrations.

In a statement signed on Thursday by its National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, INEC said it was committed to cleaning up the register and punish those found guilty of tampering with its integrity.

The Commission said making the register public was a sign of transparency on its part.

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The register is expected to be displayed physically at the Registration Area level from November 12 to 18.

At the Local Government level, it will be displayed from November 19 to 25, during which voters can make claims and objections.

In addition to the physical display, citizens can also make claims and objections online, the Commission said.

“We wish to reassure Nigerians that the Commission is committed to transparency and accountability in all its activities.

“We hope that at the end of the exercise, the Commission, with the involvement of citizens, would have improved the quality of the Register of Voters, which is the bedrock of a successful election,” INEC said.

The Commission said cleaning up the voter register, which contains all the voters dating back to the 2011 registration exercise, was a “continuous and painstaking process over time.”

See the INEC full statement below:

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

PRESS RELEASE

UPDATE ON THE ONGOING DISPLAY OF THE VOTERS’ REGISTER

Nigerians would recall that last Saturday 12th November 2022, the Commission published the preliminary national register of voters in its 8,809 Registration Areas (Wards) and 774 Local Government Area offices nationwide. Similarly, the entire register has been published on the Commission’s website for the first time in the nation’s electoral history.

The purpose of the display is to enable Nigerians to scrutinise the preliminary register and make claims about misspellings of names, personal details or missing names on the register so that the errors can be corrected.

In addition, citizens can raise objections about the presence of ineligible persons, for example, those below the age of 18 years, dead persons, foreigners, or those making false claims so that they can be deleted from the register in line with the Commission’s established rules.

As earlier announced, the Commission will display the physical copies of the register for claims and objections at two levels.

First, at the Registration Area level from 12th to 18th November 2022, which comes to an end tomorrow, and thereafter, at the Local Government level from 19th to 25th November 2022. The display will be followed by hearing of claims and objections by citizens for disposal action.

In addition to the physical display at the Registration Areas and Local Governments, the register is also displayed on the Commission’s website so that citizens can simultaneously make both claims and objections online throughout the duration of the exercise.

This is the first time that the Commission would be doing so and further underscores our commitment to applying technology to improve the electoral process.

So far, the Commission has been harvesting the online claims and objections. We will do the same for the manual process.

At the end of the exercise, all claims and objections made will be addressed. In this way, citizens are contributing to the strengthening of our electoral process.

It is therefore in the foregoing context that recent media reports on the presence of ineligible registrants in the register should be seen.

The full display of all registrants speaks to the Commission’s commitment to transparency. The fact that these likely ineligible registrants are being identified means that the objectives of the display for claims and objections are being met.

We implore the public to follow the procedures and report these objections for the necessary action of the Commission.

In addition, the Commission cannot rule out infractions by its registration officials in allowing these ineligible persons into the register in the first place. Therefore, each confirmed case of infraction will be thoroughly investigated and culpable officials will be disciplined.

We wish to reassure Nigerians that the Commission is committed to transparency and accountability in all its activities. We hope that at the end of the exercise, the Commission, with the involvement of citizens, would have improved the quality of the Register of Voters, which is the bedrock of a successful election.

Nigerians should note that perfecting the register is a continuous and painstaking process over time. Indeed, the presently displayed register contains all the voters dating back to the registration of 2011, not just the recent exercise.

That some of these likely ineligible entries are being found presently confirms the Commission’s position that the best way to make the voters’ register more robust is for Nigerians to continue to scrutinise it and, more importantly, make their claims and objections for its improvement.

We thank Nigerians for their sustained cooperation for the growth of our democracy.

Festus Okoye Esq
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee
Thursday 17th November 2022. (vitalnewsngr.com)

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