The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
said that the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter
registration.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification
to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, NAN reports.
Yakubu said that NIN was only a means of identification for
registration as listed in the Electoral Act.
“I want to make this important clarification. NIN is not
going to be made mandatory for voter registration.
“This is for a simple reason that we are operating on basis
of the law establishing INEC.
“Section 10 of the Electoral Act lists identifications to be
presented by prospective registrants for the purpose of voter registration to
includes birth certificate, national passport, national identity card.
“We cannot single NIN out and make it mandatory. All the
other requirements are of the law and we must apply the law appropriately.
“If you have your national ID card we will register you on
presentation of the card, but we will not make it a mandatory means of
identification for the exercise.
“Since the law, the electoral act does not make it mandatory, it is only one of the many means of identification required,” Yakubu said.
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