IPAC faults INEC on removal of David Mark, voter revalidation exercise

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has expressed heavy interest implicit caller developments successful Nigeria’s governmental and information landscape, peculiarly the projected Nationwide Voter Revalidation Exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the handling of the enactment concern wrong the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the persistent killings successful Plateau State.

IPAC said it acknowledged that periodic updates of the elector registry are captious to strengthening Nigeria’s democracy, but added that the timing raises superior concerns.

It said that astatine a play erstwhile captious stakeholders, particularly governmental parties are already burdened with galore obligations arising from the caller Electoral Act, including ongoing nationwide rank registration with mandatory NIN verification wrong a constricted timeframe,
introducing an further nationwide workout without wide consultation, peculiarly with governmental parties and capable mentation risks disenfranchising millions of eligible voters.

“We truthful impulse INEC to reconsider the timing of the workout to forestall an overly congested electoral situation that whitethorn yet exclude, alternatively than include, much citizens successful the antiauthoritarian process,” a connection signed by
Comrade Egbeola Wale Martins, National Publicity Secretary, said.

IPAC besides call...