Sentences with phrase «underaged voting in the election»

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Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, ironically there has been a silver lining in the cloud of allegations of underaged voting in the Kano State Local Government electionIn conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, ironically there has been a silver lining in the cloud of allegations of underaged voting in the Kano State Local Government electionin the cloud of allegations of underaged voting in the Kano State Local Government electionin the Kano State Local Government elections.

You would recall that following the Kano State Local Government election held on 10th February 2018, there were several reports in the media, particularly the social media, alleging that underaged persons voted in the election.

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.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this on 4th May at a Press Conference on the Kano State Local Government Election, where there had been reports that underage persons voted in the eElection, where there had been reports that underage persons voted in the electionelection.

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 Voters.

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.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has exonerated itself from the underage voting reported during Kano State local government election in February.

«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.