The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that about 7,746 deceased voters were removed 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, disclosed this to our correspondent on Thursday.
She said, “Seven thousand, seven hundred and forty-six decreased persons across the 36 states and the FCT were removed from the National Register of voters as of December 2022.”
According to INEC, a thorough cleaning of the voter register is usually done before every general election.
In its 2023 post-general election review in December 2024, INEC highlighted challenges with cleaning up the voter register, despite improvements in the voter registration process that added 12,298,944 new registrants.
One major issue is the difficulty in removing deceased persons due to gaps in official death records.
“Problems with official death records continue to make it very difficult for INEC to remove deceased registrants,” the commission noted.
The commission also identified the problem of double or multiple registrations, which was addressed by deploying the Automated Biometric Identification System.
