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Contributor [1]
Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
106 [3]
Article-Summary: 

No fewer than seven million Nigerians who hope to vote in the general elections which begin on Saturday would be unable to do so as the nation's apex electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), voided their application. INEC chairman Abel Guobadia said a total of 7,069,740 prospective voters who participated in the last registration exercise had been disqualified.

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Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/rights/14330 [5]
Country: 
Nigeria [6]

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