Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made some crucial revelations.
During the National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC, the United States, INEC's chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, on Tuesday, October 11, stated that the commission has deleted not less than 2.7 million names from its voter register over double registrations.
On the new PVCs. Prof. Mahmood disclosed that the new Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) will be ready by November., adding that at the moment, about 50% of the new PVCs were ready, but yet to be distributed to collection centres.
Speaking on the widespread insecurity in Nigeria. INEC's boss stated that the commission is really worried for its staff members during the general elections, especially in the southeast and northwest regions.
“It is a perennial issue because, at the end of the day, it is not new but the dimension of the insecurity is new in the sense that in the past, it was localised or confined to a particular part of the country – the North-East but now, it is more widespread.
“We are keeping our eyes, particularly, on the North-West and the South-Eastern part of the country. Elections are conducted by human beings.
“We worry about the security of our officials, materials, and even the voters themselves. Without them, elections cannot be conducted.”
Recall that INEC had disclosed that it found about 1,126,359 records out of the 2, 523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022, 1,126,359 to be invalid and consequently delisted them.
The commission however disclosed that it also detected several double, multiple, and ineligible registrants and has consequently invalidated them, adding that these include entries that fail to meet the commission’s business rules.
The national commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, also noted that a thorough process was being undertaken to clean up the registration data.
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