INEC to Commence Nationwide Voter Registration in 811 Centres From August 18

INEC to Commence Nationwide Voter Registration in 811 Centres From August 18

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, revealed that the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise would be held in 811 centers spread across 774 local governments, 36 states, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) offices nationwide.

INEC said the exercise would take place between 9am and 3pm, Monday to Friday every week, with the exception of national public holidays.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement, said the commission’s weekly meeting reviewed preparations for the resumption of the nationwide CVR and further updates on the registration of new political parties.

Olumekun said, as earlier announced by the commission, the CVR would resume on August 18 with the online pre-registration.

He added that the in-person registration option would follow a week later on August 25, saying the two processes would continue simultaneously for a year until August 30, 2026.

He stated, “The exercise will be held in 811 centers made up of our 774 local governments and 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.

“For easy identification, the Commission is deploying an online CVR Live Locator to assist citizens locate the registration centers nationwide.

“The locator will go live a day to the commencement of the CVR on 17th August 2025 and can be accessed at the following address https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/locator.”

Olumekun added, “Meanwhile, the commission has today uploaded a 38-page document to our website and other official online platforms indicating the addresses of the 811 in-person registration centres nationwide.

“Similarly, dedicated telephone numbers have been given for each State of the Federation to serve as Help Desk for citizens that require further clarification.”

He explained that the procedure for both the online and in-person registrations remained as in 2022.

He stressed that detailed information on the process, including video clips, would once again be released by the commission next week.

Olumekun stated that the electoral body had received eight more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties. This, he said, brought the number received so far to 151, adding that details of the latest requests, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses and interim leaderships were uploaded to its website and other online platforms for public information.

Olumekun stated, “Since the fourth update released on 23rd July 2025, the commission has received eight more letters of intent from associations seeking registration as political parties. This brings the number received so far to 151.

“Meanwhile, 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. Once again, we reassure Nigerians that the Commission shall continue to keep citizens informed on all its activities.”