{"id":3864,"date":"2026-10-30T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/ex-nipost-chief-proposes-new-test-for-voters-register\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T01:00:50","slug":"ex-nipost-chief-proposes-new-test-for-voters-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/ex-nipost-chief-proposes-new-test-for-voters-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NIPOST chief proposes new test for voters\u2019 register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s voters\u2019 register should be subjected to an independent geographic audit to establish whether the locations attached to voter records are accurate and verifiable, former Postmaster-General of the Federation, Bisi Adegbuyi, has said.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement obtained by <em>The PUNCH<\/em> on Thursday, Adegbuyi is proposing a review of the geographic data underpinning voter registration, arguing that verifying a voter\u2019s identity alone may not expose inconsistencies in the location information used to organise elections.\n<\/p>\n<p>The proposal adds another dimension to scrutiny of the register, amid concerns over questionable voter photographs and possible procedural lapses in the handling of voter information.\n<\/p>\n<p>Adegbuyi wants electoral authorities to examine whether registration records can be traced to consistent, verifiable geographic references.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the relevant authorities to subject a technical framework he proposed in February to independent assessment, saying geographic verification could complement Nigeria\u2019s existing biometric and voter-identification systems.<\/p>\n<p>The framework, proposed on February 27, 2026, seeks to modernise legacy voter addresses through machine-assisted interpretation, geographic resolution and digital location referencing.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to Adegbuyi, these tools could help electoral administrators identify inconsistent location data, unusual concentrations of registrations in particular areas and records whose polling-unit assignments require further scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>He said the proposal would not require the replacement of Permanent Voter Cards or the abandonment of existing biometric verification. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rather, it would add a geographic layer to the checks already used to establish voter identity.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s electoral infrastructure deserves a verification framework in which identity, geography, provenance and accountability reinforce one another,\u201d Adegbuyi said.\n<\/p>\n<p>The former chief executive officer of the Nigerian Postal Service argued that the integrity of the register should be assessed against more than the existence of a voter\u2019s identity record.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe credibility of a voters\u2019 register depends not only on who is registered, but also on whether the information associated with each registration is accurate, consistent and verifiable,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Geographic verification, however, would not by itself establish whether a registration was fraudulent or resolve every question about voter identity.\n<\/p>\n<p>Adegbuyi acknowledged that limitation, presenting the proposed system as a complementary tool for identifying records that may warrant further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He called for any assessment or implementation of the framework to comply with electoral laws and data-protection requirements and respect the statutory authority of the Independent National Electoral Commission.\n<\/p>\n<p>Adegbuyi said the aim was to improve the reliability and auditability of voter records without disrupting existing registration and verification arrangements.\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s voters\u2019 register should be subjected to an independent geographic audit to establish whether the locations attached to voter records are accurate and verifiable, former Postmaster-General of the Federation, Bisi&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}