{"id":7794,"date":"2013-08-05T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/inec-detects-93526-multiple-registration-cases-in-anambra-says-jega\/"},"modified":"2013-08-05T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:40:00","slug":"inec-detects-93526-multiple-registration-cases-in-anambra-says-jega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/inec-detects-93526-multiple-registration-cases-in-anambra-says-jega\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC detects 93,526 multiple registration cases in Anambra, says Jega"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said in Abuja on Monday that the commission had detected 93,526 multiple registration cases in Anambra ahead of the Nov.16 governorship election.<\/p>\n

Jega, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), made the fact known during an interactive session with civil society organisations and the media on voters\u2019 registration optimisation.<\/p>\n

He said the figure, which had been removed from the voters\u2019 register, represented five per cent of the registered voters in Anambra.<\/p>\n

He said the offenders would be prosecuted as INEC was collaborating with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n

“This exercise is starting with Anambra and will be done nationwide before the 2015 general elections,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The INEC chairman identified underage registration as a major problem affecting smooth registration in the country.<\/p>\n

He expressed concern that in many communities where multiple registrations occurred, INEC officials were helpless after threats by some members of the communities.<\/p>\n

He said, henceforth, all voters\u2019 cards would be issued and collected at the local governments with age identification by the electorate to minimise electoral fraud.<\/p>\n

“As we count down to the 2015 elections the commission is increasingly fine-tuning work process to ensure delivery of  elections that are much more free, fair and credible than that of  2011,\u2019\u2019 Jega said.<\/p>\n

He appealed for the support of all stakeholders and Nigerians to ensure the success of 2015 general elections.<\/p>\n

Jega also told the session that the newly registered All Progressives Congress was free to field candidates in the forthcoming election in Anambra.<\/p>\n

The one-day programme was co-sponsored by UNDP-DGD.<\/p>\n

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