LAGOS — Nigeria’s national voter register is approaching the 100 million mark ahead of the 2027 general elections, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, recording 10,772,421 new registrants during the latest Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Monday in Lagos, saying the commission was also set to deploy a real-time election readiness tracker to monitor preparations across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Amupitan spoke at a two-day strategic operational workshop for administrative secretaries organised by the commission.
According to a statement issued by INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, the readiness tracker would provide the commission’s leadership with real-time updates on logistics, recruitment and training of ad hoc personnel, electoral technology and other preparations for the 2027 elections.
The statement said the tracker would be based on a standardised, Excel-based Administrative Secretary Master Operational Tracker Template, linked to the commission’s Election Monitoring and Support Centre dashboard and Election Project Plan.
