…Says it has commenced shortlisting of associations for registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it would commence the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on August 18, 2025.
According to a statement released in Abuja on Thursday by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, the electoral umpire will kickstart the process with the online pre-registration, while the in-person registration option will follow a week later on 25th August 2025.
“Thereafter, the two processes will continue simultaneously for a year until 30th August 2026.
The statement further revealed that “the exercise will hold in 811 centres made up of our 774 Local Government, 37 State and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) offices nationwide from 9.00am to 3.00pm (Monday to Friday) every week with the exception of national public holidays.”
To guarantee a seamless identification, INEC assured eligible voters that it would deploy an online CVR Live Locator to assist citizens locate the registration centres nationwide.
The statement further revealed that dedicated telephone numbers have been given for each State of the Federation to serve as Help Desk for citizens that require further clarification.
Also giving an update on associations seeking to be registered as political parties, Olumekun disclosed the Commission has since received eight more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties.
“This brings the number received so far to 151. Details of the latest requests, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses and interim leaderships of the associations, are uploaded to our website and other online platforms for public information,” he said.
The statement noted that “having created the portal for party registration, the Commission has commenced the shortlisting of the associations that meet the requirements to proceed to the application stage. Details will be released immediately after the 16 bye-elections in 12 States scheduled for Saturday 16th August 2025.”