The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday released the final list of voters that will cast their ballots in the elections,
“After the cleaning-up of the data from the last continuous voter registration exercise , 9,518,188 new voters were added to the previous register resulting in the preliminary register of 93,522,272, which was presented to Nigerians for claims and objections as required by law.He said the soft copy of the complete register would be presented to each political party, adding that it was organised by state, local government, ward and polling units.
He added, “It is indeed a different election in the history of this country because of the new Electoral Act and if allowed, democracy will go far beyond what we had in the past. It is evident that the use of BVAS will discourage vote buying. He added that without the participation of women at state and national levels, issues affecting the group would constantly be undermined,
“It may have to do with the worsening economic and security crises in the country. They are more vulnerable to the deplorable status quo than their male counterparts,” Osuntokun said.
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