The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it cannot further extend the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise, saying it needs sufficient time to prepare the voters’ register ahead of the 2027 general elections.
INEC’s Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Wilfred Ifogah, disclosed this during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, following calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for another extension of the exercise.
According to Ifogah, the commission had already granted a two-week extension, a decision he said has placed additional pressure on INEC’s preparations for the elections.
He explained that although new eligible voters emerge daily, the commission must halt registration at some point to meet the legal and administrative requirements for compiling the final register.
“As at the day registration ended, just also put in mind too that the next day some persons will also qualify to register. But for the fact that the suspension will come in order for us to prepare this register for the election has to take place. We just have to stop,” he said.
