As the country inches towards 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has notified that unaccredited persons will not be allowed to vote.
According to Daily Post, this information was relayed to newsmen in Jigawa state, by the new Resident electoral commissioner, Prof. Muhammad Lawal Bashar.
He noted that the Commission will commence the display of voter registration from 12 to 25 November, 2022, in different wards and at all local government INEC offices in the state.
“Under Section 9(6) and 19(1) of the Electoral Act, 2022, the commission will commence the display of the register of voters for public scrutiny. Claims and objections at registration areas start on Saturday 12th to Friday 18th November 2022 while claims and objections at local governments will start on Saturday 19th to Friday 25 November 2022,” he quoted.
The resident electoral commissioner noted that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), will reject any voter who has any issue with his name.
“Whenever the BVAS rejects any voter he will not be able to vote as this time around there is nothing like incident form,” he said.
According to him, the purpose of the exercise is to avail voters the opportunity to identify their names on the voter register for possible observations and corrections.
All eligible voters are hereby advised to participate in the exercise.
