2023: Allow 7 million Nigerians to complete voters registration - SERAP to INEC

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has requested that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should urgently allow Nigerians to complete voter registration.

SERAP said INEC should allow seven million Nigerians to complete their registration.

The body noted that many Nigerians are yet to complete the process, disenfranchising them from their rights to vote in the 2023 general elections.

INEC revealed that over seven million Nigerians failed to complete online voter pre-registration at physical centres.

Reacting’s INEC information, SERAP tweeted:

BREAKING: INEC must urgently allow the over seven million Nigerians who reportedly carried out their voter pre-registration online but could not complete the process at physical centres, to complete their registration so that they can vote in the 2023 elections.

— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) August 2, 2022 

Recall that the continuous voter registration exercise (CVR), which commenced in June 2021, was suspended on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

INEC launched a portal for Nigerians to register by keying in their biodata and required documents; after that proceeded to the INEC designated centres to complete the process physically.

Furthermore, SERAP has taken further steps by announcing that it was suing INEC to pressure it to allow the seven million Nigerians complete their registration. The Tweet reads:

BREAKING: We’re suing INEC over its failure to allow over seven million Nigerians to complete their voter registration, after they have carried out their pre-registration online.

— SERAP (@SERAPNigeria) August 2, 2022

We shall update you on this later.

Source: dailypost.ng

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