The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has directed officers of the fee within the South-East to evaluation Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) data and take away bottlenecks hindering the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) forward of the 2027 normal elections.
Amupitan gave the directive on Tuesday in Enugu throughout an interactive assembly with INEC employees within the zone as a part of the fee’s readiness evaluation for the 2027 normal elections.
He mentioned the Commission’s precedence within the area was to make sure that each eligible citizen who had registered was capable of gather their PVC and train their franchise with out administrative or logistical obstacles.
“Our objective is uncompromising: no eligible citizen who registered should be disenfranchised by administrative or logistical friction,” he mentioned.
The INEC chairman disclosed that the National Register of Voters had grown to greater than 103 million, following three phases of the Continuous Voter Registration train carried out between August 2025 and July 2026.
According to him, the primary section, which ran from August 25 to December 10, 2025, recorded 2,611,266 new registrants, whereas the second section, carried out between January 5 and April 17, 2026, recorded 4,121,835.
He added that the third section, which lasted from May 11 to July 26, 2026, registered one other 3,867,997 voters.
The figures are topic to closing verification by the fee’s Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) to remove duplicate registrations.
Amupitan additionally disclosed that INEC launched an internet registration portal through the third section of the train to handle geographical and time-related boundaries that would forestall eligible Nigerians from registering.
He mentioned the fee had additionally activated printable PVC expertise in step with Section 18(1) of the Electoral Act 2026, an innovation anticipated to scale back delays related to the gathering of voters’ playing cards.
The INEC chairman defined that the South-East engagement was the third in a sequence of nationwide bodily readiness evaluation visits, following related workouts in Lagos on September 7 and Kaduna on September 28, 2026.
He mentioned the visits had been designed to evaluate the fee’s operational preparedness and strengthen coordination amongst officers forward of the 2027 elections.
Amupitan famous that the Enugu go to was significantly important as a result of no INEC chairman had visited the fee’s Enugu workplace since 1999.
He mentioned the Commission was shifting away from relying solely on delegated administrative constructions and headquarters-level engagements to evaluate preparations within the subject.
According to him, the success of the 2027 elections will rely largely on the readiness of officers on the grassroots, together with personnel working throughout the 95 native authorities areas within the South-East, registration space centres and polling items.
He reminded officers that the elections would contain greater than 103 million registered voters throughout the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with 176,846 polling items nationwide.
Amupitan urged INEC personnel to recognise their obligations in guaranteeing that eligible voters weren’t denied the chance to take part within the electoral course of.
He expressed confidence within the fee’s preparedness, saying officers should stay dedicated to delivering credible elections in 2027.
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