This paper examines the perpetuation of incrementalist policy in the implementation of election
process of voter registration that has been characterized by failures, complains and protest by
citizens in Nigeria. Described here are; the alternative paradigm of rational-comprehensive
information and knowledge building and application for development management, geographic
information systems technology and how it has been used for successfully managing elections in
South Africa. We used the method of aetiology, analysed secondary data. Our findings include
historical and systematic exclusion of residents of remote rural areas of Nigeria such as the northern
parts of Cross River State from vital development processes such as election registration and voting in
Nigeria due to marginalizing policies that are promoted incrementally.