INEC takes disciplinary action against officers who made multiple attempts to register fake voters
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“Each registration machine is operated using an access code tied to a dedicated e-mail assigned to a staff.
“There is therefore an audit trail that gives the total number of persons registered by each official involved in the registration exercise. In some cases, some of them made as many as 40 attempts or more to register one fake voter.
“As a result, the Commission has so far identified 23 registration officers involved in this unethical conduct and disciplinary action has commenced.”
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Rogue officers who made multiple attempts to register fake or underaged voters in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) which ended in July have been fished out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu announced at the quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja that 23 such registration officers are facing disciplinary actions for their illegal conduct which was detected through robust technology.
“The Commission deployed thousands of diligent staff for the CVR exercise and the vast majority of them discharged their duties conscientiously. Unfortunately, a few of them did not,” he said.
“The fictitious registrations were carried out by some of our registration officers involved in the field exercise and could easily be traced. Each registration machine is operated using an access code tied to a dedicated e-mail assigned to a staff.
“There is therefore an audit trail that gives the total number of persons registered by each official involved in the registration exercise. In some cases, some of them made as many as 40 attempts or more to register one fake voter.
“As a result, the Commission has so far identified 23 registration officers involved in this unethical conduct and disciplinary action has commenced.
“We shall continue to protect the integrity of our voters’ register. It is pivotal to credible elections. It is also a national asset and easily the largest database of citizens in Africa and one of the largest in the world.”
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Collection of PVCs
Yakubu said INEC would notify the public of the detailed plan for the seamless collections of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), per reporting by The PUNCH.
“The Commission is also working hard to ensure the completion of printing of remaining PVCs for new voters as well as those that applied to transfer or the replacement of their lost or damaged cards.
“In the coming days, we will also inform Nigerians of the detailed plan to ensure a seamless collection of the PVCs. We are aware that Nigerians expect an improvement in the procedure for PVC collection.
“Since the end of the CVR in July this year, we have been working to ensure that citizens have a pleasant experience when they come to collect their cards.”