Advocacy grows for Nigeria to tidy up voter register, accept ID cards for voting
Published: 28/Nov/2023
Source: Biometric Update
By Ayang McDonald
A former Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has highlighted the need for the country to thoroughly clean up its voter’s registration database if it must effectively fight electoral fraud.
According to the official, such efforts must be accompanied by the putting in place of a reliable civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system and ensuring a strong auditing mechanism of the electoral database. Early this month, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu launched a digital CRVS platform.
Jega, who was head of INEC in 2015 when incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan was defeated in elections, was speaking during an event in Abuja to discuss the future of Nigeria’s electoral experience, Leadership reports.