INEC assures underaged PVC registrants will be cleaned out from register
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Underaged registrants for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), a fraud perpetrated mostly in the North to rig federal elections, will not be allowed to cast ballots in the vote in 2023 universally expected to be the turning point in Nigeria’s history.
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Voter Education and Publicity Director Victor Aluko gave the pledge on Channels Television where he urged anyone who notices any malpractice in the displayed voter register should speak out.
“I assure you that the register will be cleaned up completely and no underage voter will vote in 2023.
“After we finish with the claims and objections on Friday, we will be taking in again for further claims based on the complaints of the people,” Aluko said.
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“That is why it is important that persons who notice any issues at all with the register should complain through the right channels where they can be documented,” Aluko added, per reporting by Vanguard.
“If you complain and you do not let us know that complaint, then how do we work on the complaints?
“That is why I’m saying we take in the register and then we work on the register, and at the end of the day, we have a very clean register as we prepare for the general elections.
“And I’m assuring you that no underaged person will come to our polling units to come and vote on election day.”
INEC on 12 November made the entire voter register public on its website for the first time in Nigeria’s electoral history. The publication will last until 25 November.
Nigerians have identified numerous cases of underaged voters and double registration.
But INEC National Commissioner Festus Okoye has given an assurance the Commission is committed to cleaning up the voter register and to punishing those found guilty of tampering with its integrity.
