Sentences with phrase «underage voters»

A former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to delist underage voters captured in its voting list.

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«Our investigation reveals that beyond underage voters, the INEC panel discovered other atrocities, which the APC and the Presidency agents have been suppressing.

While admitting that the voter register was not perfect, the INEC boss said the commission would — in collaboration with relevant agencies — continue to purge the register of dead persons, aliens and underage voters.

By Chinwe Ogbuka, Assistant Director, Publicity Following the issue of alleged underage voters during the Kano State Local Government Election conducted by Kano State Independent Electoral -LSB-...]

Reacting to report of underage voters in Kano, Wike insisted that INEC lacked the capacity to conduct credible elections in Nigeria.

INEC should adopt the technology that will make its register foolproof, removing underage voters, duplicated names and deceased persons.

Calling on the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to act fast, the PDP spokesman said issues of underage voters raises concern.

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He spoke further, «As you are aware, INEC has been indicted for registering and issuing permanent voters card (PVCs) to millions of underage persons, particularly in Kano and Katsina States respectively.

There is need and ample room for collaboration between INEC and all stakeholders to continue to update and improve the National Register of Voters to eliminate all ineligible registrants from it, including dead persons, aliens and underaged registrants.

Both explicit and implicit in some of these reports was the suggestion that since the National Register of Voters compiled by INEC was used in the election, the alleged problem of underaged voting in the Kano Local Government election is linked to a prevalence of underaged registrants in the National Register of Voters.

Given that the Register was substantially not used to accredit voters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if underaged voting occurred in the election, it was NOT due to any presence of underaged registrants on the Register of Vvoters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if underaged voting occurred in the election, it was NOT due to any presence of underaged registrants on the Register of VotersVoters.

Voters go to the polls today in a nationally watched U.S. Senate race in Alabama, where the GOP establishment is backing Roy Moore, despite the fact that he has been accused of pursuing and harassing underage girls years ago.

While pledging to conduct free and fair elections in the state, Agboke informed that INEC in the state was working to ensure that no case of underage voting or foreigner is allowed to register in the continuous voter registration in the state.

«Given that the register was substantially not used to accredit voters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if underage voting occurred in the election, it was not due to any presence of underage registrants on the register of voters.

Meanwhile, Nigeria Politics Online gathered that investigation conducted by committee set up INEC revealed that 2,941 underage persons representing 0.43 % of the 693,935 registered voters were on the register Although report submitted by Eight - Man Committee headed by Engineer Nahace says there was no evidence that the underage persons actually voted in the election.