{"id":16236,"date":"2021-04-01T18:38:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=16236"},"modified":"2021-04-01T18:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:38:40","slug":"nin-not-mandatory-for-voter-registration-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/01\/nin-not-mandatory-for-voter-registration-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"NIN not mandatory for voter registration \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification to journalists in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/court-bars-fg-from-blocking-sim-cards-not-linked-to-nin-by-april\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NIN<\/a> was only a means of identification for registration as listed in the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make this important clarification. NIN is not going to be made mandatory for voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is for a simple reason that we are operating on basis of the law establishing INEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot single NIN out and make it mandatory. All the other requirements are of the law and we must apply the law appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the law, the electoral act does not make it mandatory, it is only one of the many means of identification required,\u201d Yakubu said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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