The House of Representatives asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove names of dead persons from the list of registered voters.
The House resolution, which followed a motion titled, “Urgent Need for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) To Clean Up Its System of Dead and Fictitious Registered Voters”, presented at the plenary by Leke Abejide, also urged the INEC to carry out public enlightenment for Nigerians to be aware of what makes the voters register bogus with dead and fictitious names
The House further told INEC to develop a software mechanism where families of deceased persons can report the demise of a particular Permanent Voters Card (PVC) number and delete such names from the INEC register, polling unit and ward.
Abejide disclosed that INEC also published his late father’s name on the register.
“The Independent National Electoral Commission’s register contains millions of dead and non-existent persons.
“It was glaring in the last general election as names of the dead were still displayed in the voters’ register including my deceased father who died long ago.
“Millions of fictitious non-existence voters have their names on INEC registered due to multiple registrations by Nigerians with the intention of rigging elections but with the advent of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) such faceless individuals can no longer vote,” he said.
The House adopted the motion and mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to ensure compliance with the resolution.
