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    Home»News»African News»West African News»Nigeria News»Underage Voting Can Be Reduced – Lai Olurode

    Underage Voting Can Be Reduced – Lai Olurode

    Nigeria News By David F.Feb 20, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
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    A Nigerian Voter casting his vote during an electionProf. Lai Olurode has said the issue of underage voting has been a problem faced by the commission during elections.

    He said, “If the people can be enlightened, underage voting will reduce. There are certain areas of this country where even if they know the person is a kid, they will insist that the child must vote.

    “I had to run for my life at one of the election centres in a part of the country because these people said children must vote or there would be no election at all. It is that bad. The APC government has a responsibility to deliver an election that will be better than the 2015 election.

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    “The Kano State example is a bad signal and a warning that we really have a lot to do and the voter register is key. The register must be clean, it must not have ghost names or underage voters.

    “In the course of my service to the nation during the Jega’s era, it was happening in many parts of the country but there are specific geographic locations where it is very common which means the problem can be tackled if responded to promptly by all the stakeholders.

    “When you see community leaders coming to meet you with a prepared list of children to be registered and you refuse, you come under threat.

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    “In some parts of the country, when you refuse to register a child, they go away but in some other parts, the people are the ones who will demand that the child is registered.”

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