JUST IN: INEC Discovers Useless Individuals on Voters’ Register, Declares Contemporary Verification

The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has uncovered the presence of deceased Nigerians on the present voters’ register.

The fee has now introduced plans to hold out a nationwide verification train to scrub up the register and restore public confidence within the electoral system.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, revealed this improvement on Wednesday through the fee’s first quarterly engagement with Civil Society Organisations.

He mentioned the invention was made after a evaluation of voter knowledge from latest elections.

In line with him, the verification train will deal with eradicating ineligible names and correcting errors discovered within the database.

He pressured that the credibility of elections relies upon largely on the accuracy of the voters’ register.

Amupitan defined that irregularities turned clear throughout an evaluation of voter turnout in Anambra State’s off-cycle governorship election held in November.

He mentioned,
“After we have a look at the Voters Register for Anambra state through the off cycle elections in November, we found that the variety of registered voters stood at over 2.9 million, however solely about 600 got here out to vote.

“That is nearly 20 p.c of the registered voters. So, we determined to take one other have a look at the register and we found names of distinguished Nigerian politicians who’ve died nonetheless on the register. That affect on the integrity of the register and we now have to do a clear up as a result of we don’t count on the lifeless to come back from the grave to vote”.

The INEC chairman famous that the state of affairs raises severe issues concerning the reliability of the register at present getting used for elections.

He concluded that the fee would work with related companies to confirm data and take away names of deceased individuals.