INEC set to publish new voters register after clean-up of data; seeks collaboration with media, CSOs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says in the next few days, it will display the preliminary voter register in all the wards, registration areas and local government Councils in the country for claims and objections.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu said this in Abuja during the consultative meeting between the Commission and Media Executives.
Professor Yakubu said that the display of the voter register nationwide was in fulfillment of sections 19 (1) and (2) of the electoral act, 2022.
The INEC boss said the physical display of the register will take place at the designated centres from Saturday 12th to Friday the 25th of November this year.
He also hinted that further details, including the procedure for filing claims and objections, would be released by the Commission next week.
Professor Yakubu appealed to Nigerians to seize the opportunity of the display to scrutinise the list and help the Commission to further clean the register.
The Commission was working hard to ensure the completion of printing of the remaining Permanent Voter Cards for new voters and for those who applied for transfer or replacement of their lost or damaged cards, He said.
He restated INEC’s espoused commitment to continue working with the Media to “curb misinformation, disinformation, and fake news”, adding that the Commission would remain “transparent and provide the required information”, even as it expected the Media to always fact-check information before publishing it, especially on the social media.
In a related parley, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for more partnerships with Civil Society Organisations (CSO) toward cleaning the nation’s voters register, ahead of the 2023 elections.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the commission’s quarterly meeting with the CSOs in Abuja said that 12,298,944 new voters successfully completed their registrations at the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
He said that after a rigorous cleaning-up of the data using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS), a total of 2,780,756 was identified as ineligible registrants and invalidated from the record, as a result of double/multiple registrations, under-aged persons, and outrightly fake registrations.
