The Independent National Electoral Commission has submitted the list of all registered voters in 2021 to the 18 registered political parties in the country.
The development formed a part of implementation of the timetable and schedule of activities ahead the 2023 general elections.
Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made this know in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday.
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According to Okoye, the presentation of list of voters to parties was also in line with section 10(3) of the Electoral Act 2022.
He said the section provides that “the commission shall, within 60 days after each year, make available to every political party the names and addresses of each person registered during that year”.
“In compliance with the requirement of the law, the Commission has today made available the softcopies of the list of persons registered as voters in 2021 to each political party”, he said.
Okoye noted that the activity was the second on the Commission’s timetable for the 2023 poll, stressing that the publication of the Notice of Election which was implemented on February 28, 2022, was the first.
Collection of Forms EC9 and EC9A – E by political parties to be issued to candidates who emerge from their party primaries is therefore, the second activity.
He advised parties to download the form from the commission’s website.
“The commission will continue to provide regular updates to Nigerians on the implementation of all electoral activities”, he added.