The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 45 percent of completed voters registration as of January 14, 2022 have been found to be invalid .
This revelation comes with about a year to the 2023 general elections in the country.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while briefing reporters on the ongoing voter registration exercise on Wednesday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
“Presently, nearly 45 per cent of completed registrations nationwide are invalid, rising to as high as 60 per cent or more in some states,” he said.
“This infraction happened in all states of the Federation. No State is immune from it.
“These invalid registrations will not be included in the register of voters.
“This development is worrisome because of the time and resources expended in handling these cases.”
While describing the situation as challenging, the commission said it would continue to clean up the voters’ register.
INEC however noted that at least 1,390,519 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are valid.
INEC chief stated that the electoral umpire remained committed to transparency in the distribution of the registration figures, including the percentages of valid and invalid registrations on a state-by-state basis.
He lamented that the troubling issue of invalid registrations still persists as they were detected while cleaning up the latest registration data.
