The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it was set to display the Voters Register across all the polling units in the country for people to verify the names, age and gender of registered voters ahead of the 2019 general elections.

INEC’s Chairman, Professor Mahmud Waziri on the commission’s official Twitter handle today.

The statement reads “Still as part of the ongoing preparations for the 2019 General Elections, I wish to announce in advance that the register of voters for each polling unit will be displayed at the polling units nationwide for one week from 6th – 12th November 2018 for claims and objections”.

“The Commission will also appreciate the assistance of citizens in identifying deceased persons on the register so that such names can be nulled from our record. It is also an opportunity to correct misspellings of personal details such as names, age and gender.”

The INEC boss urged Nigerians to own the process of cleaning up the Voters Register, thereby assuring the integrity of the electoral process was key to the success of the 2019 polls.

“Ownership of the register by citizens and their involvement in cleaning it up is crucial to our electoral process. I urge citizens to help the Commission during the display. Full details of the procedure for collecting citizens’ observations will be released shortly”.