Arrangements are being made so that come 2019, prisoners will be allowed to vote in the general elections, the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said.

Prof. Yakubu made the revelation on Tuesday at a dialogue session with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue – a coalition of over 70 civil society organizations in Nigeria.

He disclosed that The Independent National Electoral Commission is already making arrangements with the Nigeria Prisons Service to make this possible. The electoral body said it is looking at the possibility of creating polling units in Nigerian prisons.

Yakubu said: "We have already engaged the Comptroller General of Prisons and we have statistics on the number of prisoners nationwide and the number of inmates that are registered. We are looking at the possibility of creating polling units in the prisons and to enable some categories of prisoners vote.

Ghana does it but there are some categories of prisoners who by the nature of crimes committed, lose the right to vote.

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