Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission “to use the mandates of INEC to pursue constitutional and legal reforms that would ensure explicitly recognize Nigerians’ right to vote and to vote securely in free, fair and honest elections as a fundamental right.”
According to SERAP, “Large-scale election infrastructure insecurity poses serious threats to the fundamental right to vote that INEC can no longer ignore. The challenges facing the electoral process can be addressed by a swift adaptation and innovation in both election laws and election technology.” “INEC has constitutional and statutory responsibilities to promote and advance the right of eligible Nigerians to vote and to vote securely as part of their internationally recognized right to political participation.”
“It would rein politicians who continue to abuse the electoral rules to distort and undermine the right to participation with almost absolute impunity. It would also amplify the voices of the people, not corrupt politicians, and modernize and secure the country’s future elections against any threats.”
“Nigerians do not currently enjoy explicit and enforceable right to vote and to vote securely. As the 2023 general elections have shown, the absence of this right in the Nigerian Constitution 1999 has seriously undermined the right of Nigerians to effectively participate in their own government, and the credibility and integrity of the electoral process.”
“SERAP notes that ahead of the 2023 general elections, INEC disclosed that over seven million Nigerians who carried out their voter pre-registration online but could not complete the process at physical centres would not be entitled to vote.”
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