INEC records 10.7m new voter registrations, warns staff against partisanship
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan SAN, has said three phases of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) had produced 10,772,421 new registrations, subject to Automated Biometric Identification System verification.
Amupitan made the disclosure on Monday in Kaduna at the North-West Zonal Interactive Meeting with Staff and Readiness Assessment for the 2027 General Election.
The Chairman called for the elimination of PVC distribution bottlenecks at the Local Government Area level so that eligible citizens would not be disenfranchised because of logistics.
He also disclosed that INEC was refining its technological systems, including voter verification and result transmission processes, as well as its Result Management Systems, including the recently introduced eEC8A.
The Commission, he said, was also implementing a “Zero-Failure” approach to logistics, covering early deployment of materials, movement, security coordination and training of ad-hoc personnel.
He directed officials to close operational gaps, strengthen neutrality and ensure that no avoidable weakness undermines the credibility of the forthcoming elections.
The Chairman said the Commission was building on lessons from recent elections while preparing for the larger national assignment in 2027.
He warned electoral officials against partisan conduct and administrative negligence, stressing that the neutrality and professionalism of field personnel would be critical to public confidence in the electoral process.
