{"id":104621,"date":"2023-05-04T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104621"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:46:03","slug":"reps-to-inec-flush-out-millions-of-dead-persons-from-registered-voters-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/reps-to-inec-flush-out-millions-of-dead-persons-from-registered-voters-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps to INEC: Flush out millions of dead persons from registered voters list"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1764979262073272660\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">House of Representatives, Thursday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to flush out fictitious, dead persons names from the contemporary registered voters.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe House 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<\/p>\n<p>The parliament also urged the electoral umpire to develop a software mechanism where families who lost their loved ones can report the demise of a particular Permanent Voters Card (PVC) number and delete such names from the INEC register, polling unit and Ward, while ensuring that whoever does not vote in two election cycles (back to back) should be deleted from the INEC register as a non-existing person.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe resolution was sequel to a motion titled \u201cUrgent Need for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) To Clean Up Its System of Dead and Fictitious Registered Voters\u201d, presented at the plenary by Hon. Leke Abejide.<\/p>\n<p>Abejide in his motion said that INEC also published his late father\u2019s name on the register.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe Independent National Electoral Commission\u2019s register contains millions of dead and non-existent persons<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was glaring in the last general election as names of the dead were still displayed in the voters\u2019 register including my deceased father who died long ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillions 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.<\/p>\n<p>Adopting the motion, the House mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to ensure compliance with the resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House of Representatives, Thursday, asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to flush out fictitious, dead persons names from the contemporary registered voters. 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