The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed 7,746 deceased voters from the national voter register in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as of December 2022.
The Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Etta-Messi, who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday, said a thorough cleaning of the voter register is usually done before every general election.
Despite progress in cleaning the register, INEC highlighted persistent challenges during its 2023 post-general election review in December 2024. One major issue is the difficulty of removing deceased voters due to inadequate official death records.
“Problems with official death records continue to make it very difficult for INEC to remove deceased registrants,” the commission noted, adding that enhanced collaboration with agencies like the National Population Commission (NPC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is critical to address the issue.
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