From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) will be held in 811 centres across its 774 Local Government, 37 State, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) offices nationwide.
INEC, in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, revealed that the exercise will take place from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm (Monday to Friday) every week, with the exception of national public holidays.
On the continuous registration, the commission noted: “As earlier announced, the CVR will resume on 18th August with the online pre-registration. 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 exercise will be held in 811 centres made up of our 774 Local Government, 37 State, and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) offices nationwide from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm (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 to locate the registration centres nationwide. The locator will go live a day to the commencement of the CVR on 17th August 2025.
“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 provided for each state of the federation to serve as a helpdesk for citizens who require further clarification,” the commission noted in the statement.
On the registration of new political parties, the electoral body explained, “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. Details of the latest requests, indicating their proposed names, acronyms, logos, addresses, and interim leadership of the associations, are uploaded to our website and other online platforms for public information.
“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,” it promised in the statement.
