Independent National
Electoral Commission,
INEC, has so far
registered 63.9 million
Nigerians from the
results collated
nationwide from the
recently concluded
voters registration
exercise as at
yesterday morning.
National chairman of
the commission,
Professor Attahiru Jega,
who disclosed this
yesterday at a
colloquium on “Nigeria
2011 Elections:
Building Confidence,
Enhancing Credibility,”
organised by a
coalition of civilsociety
organisations, noted
that the figure
represented 85 per
cents of registered
voters so far collated.
Jega, who expressed
surprise at the huge
turn out of Nigerians
during the exercise,
said it was indicative of
the rising confidence in
the electoral process.
“With most (not all) of
the data now reported
by the states, we have
by this morning
registered 63,981,460
Nigerians for the
coming elections. I
wish to appeal to all
Nigerians to also
turnout in their
numbers for the
verification exercise
that will take place
from 14th to 18th
February. The list will
be displayed in all
polling units during the
period for the public to
register their claims
and objections” he
said.
Jega noted that the
failure of the
commission to display
the register for claims
and objections “partly
explained the
problems of the now
old voter vegister, ”
adding that the display
of the voters register
would afford Nigerians
an opportunity to deal
with irregular enteries.
According to the INEC
boss, the Commission
had learnt lessons from
the past in preparing
for the voter
registration exercise
and the election
proper, adding that the
lessons learnt informed
the commission ’s
decision to divest the
technical aspect of the
registration from
contractors.
“We took time to
carefully specify the
hardware we needed
in order to standardize
them and also audit
the equipment
supplied. In the past,
this did not happen
and the Commission
found itself with sub-
standard equipment,
different types of
equipment, some
unsuitable for the work
to be done and yet
others largely
untested. ”
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