{"id":204613,"date":"2022-07-19T21:08:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T20:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=204613"},"modified":"2022-07-19T22:10:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T21:10:15","slug":"inec-prison-inmates-may-vote-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/inec-prison-inmates-may-vote-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: Prison inmates may vote \u2014 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, expressed optimism that inmates in Nigeria Correctional Centres might vote during the 2023 general election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the hint when he received the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, and his team at the commission\u2019s headquarters in Abuja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">At the parley, both organisations agreed that it was high time inmates were granted voting rights in compliance with an existing High Court judgement in Benin City, which ruled in favour of inmate voting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">As of 2020, there were about 73,726 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/19\/court-orders-ayade-to-reinstate-cross-river-monarch\/\">inmates<\/a> in Nigeria\u2019s correctional facilities across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">The INEC boss affirmed that the commission was committed to inclusivity, including the rights of inmates to vote during elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">He pointed out that inmates\u2019 voting rights have been recognised by Kenya and South Africa on the African continent, and Nigeria was ready to toe a similar path.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\"><span class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">Yakubu, however, raised some germane issues which needed to be addressed in order to allow for successful inmates\u2019 voting, adding that \u201cthere was need to discuss the practicalities of how this could be achieved in Nigeria.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cLet me start with the Legal Framework.\u00a0 Section 12, sub-section 1 of the Electoral Act 2022 lists five qualifications for registration as a voter in Nigeria, because you have to register as a voter before the right to exercise that right is conferred. That section of the Electoral Act has at least 5 qualifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">\u201cNumber one, the prospective registrant must be a Nigerian citizen. Number two, he or she must be 18 years of age, at least. Number three, he or she must originate, reside or work in the local government or be covered by the registration centre or the point of registration. Number four, that citizen of Nigeria must present himself or herself to the registration officer for registration and support. And number five, which is really critical to our discussion today, is that he or she must not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote under any law, rule, or regulation imposed in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">\u201cThis is one area that we need to discuss so that we know the categories of inmates that will exercise the right to vote and I\u2019m happy that you came with your Director, Legal. We, therefore, need to work things out carefully. We want transparency of the process. Because everything that we do in the Commission, particularly when it comes to the rights of citizens to vote, must be done transparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">Other issues raised by the INEC chairman included location of polling units for inmates, possibility of political party campaigns in the correctional facilities, voter education for inmates, voter registration for inmates, and observers\u2019 access to correctional facilities to monitor elections if polling units had to be situated in the facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">He stressed the need to address the issues militating against inmates\u2019 voting as soon as possible, as he pointed out that the 2023 general election was seven months away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectable-text copyable-text\">Yakubu said, \u201cThe sooner we\u2019re able to address these issues, the better for the process. 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