INEC plans media briefings to ensure election is free, fair, credible, and verifiable
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Voters have been promised regular media briefings by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), starting off with biweekly sessions that will progress to weekly and then daily, to keep them abreast of preparations for the 2023 ballot.
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu gave the pledge in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, reiterating the Commission’s loyalty to Nigerians who want free, fair, credible, and verifiable elections.
He said the process will be supported by technology which guarantees transparent accreditation and uploading of results from polling units for everyone to view in real-time on Election Day, per Vanguard.
He stood his ground there is no going back on Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for the elections.
Yakubu appealed to political parties and political leaders to conduct their campaigns peacefully, eschewing divisiveness, rancour, and violence.
He promised INEC will continue to play its part diligently and conscientiously, and urged all stakeholders and citizens to play their own part so as to give Nigerians the elections they yearn for.
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INEC publishes voter register – in hard copy and online
INEC has urged Nigerians to help fish out any irregularities in the voter register it began displaying physically in wards and on its website on 12 November, which will last two weeks till 25 November.
By law, citizens have to scrutinise the register and draw attention to any detail pertaining to oneself or to someone else that needs to be corrected or removed, said INEC National Commissioner and Information and Voter Education Committee Chairman Festus Okoye.
“As earlier announced by the Commission, the entire preliminary register containing 93,522,272 registrants will be published.
“The exercise will last for two weeks, from November 12 to November 25, 2022,” Okoye said in a statement.
“The physical copies of the register will be displayed in all the 8,809 Registration Areas (Wards) and 774 Local Government Areas on polling unit basis nationwide.
“For the first time, the soft copy of the entire register will also be published on the Commission’s website (visit www.inecnigeria.org/display_register and follow the instructions).
“The register will give the name, picture, date of birth and Voter Identification Number (VIN) of each registered voter.
“However, for data protection and security reasons, critical information, such as biometric details, residential addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of voters will not be made public on both the physical and soft copies.”