INEC to Audit National Voter Register

INEC to Audit National Voter Register

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a nationwide voter revalidation exercise to purge the national register of inaccuracies. This planned move serves as a routine administrative audit rather than a fresh registration of citizens. The commission intends to identify deceased persons, rectify erroneous transfers, and eliminate instances of multiple registrations. Adedayo Oketola, spokesperson…

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Senate Halts Push for Mandatory Electronic Vote Transmission in New Electoral Reforms

  Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber has once again resisted efforts to enshrine mandatory electronic transmission of election results into law, preserving the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) discretion in determining how results are handled from polling units. This decision, reached during deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill, revives longstanding tensions over transparency and fraud prevention…

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