The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it would resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise across the country beginning August 25, 2025, just as the country edges closer to critical off-cycle elections and the 2027 general polls.
The electoral body made the announcement on Friday in a public statement widely circulated on its verified social media platforms.
INEC revealed that the registration process will follow a hybrid format, starting first with online pre-registration and then physical data capturing at designated centres nationwide.
The statement, titled “2025 Nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (#CVR)”, reads: ONLINE PRE-REGISTRATION.
Website: www.cvr.inecnigeria.org
Starts August 18, 2025. IN-PERSON REGISTRATION Location: All INEC Local Government Area Offices Nationwide & Other Designated Registration Centres
Commences August 25, 2025
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm (Monday to Friday).”
The electoral body urged eligible Nigerians, particularly those who have just turned 18 or have never registered before, to take advantage of the exercise.
INEC also noted that persons who had issues with their previous voter data, lost their PVCs, or wish to transfer polling units will be able to make the necessary updates during the exercise.
The move is seen as a crucial step in preparation for the next cycle of elections and comes amid mounting public pressure on INEC to improve voter accessibility and transparency after the controversies that trailed the 2023 general elections.
Ahead of the forthcoming 2027 general elections, the country recently witnessed numerous defections of political figures from one political party to another.
The most prominent of them is the African Democratic Alliance (ADA) coalition headed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai and others.
The party is also currently battling with a leadership crisis as Nafiu Bala, a factional chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), denied resigning from the party.
On Wednesday, Bala, a former governorship candidate of the ADC in the 2023 elections, declared himself acting chairman of the party.
He faulted the adoption of the ADC by opposition politicians as their platform for the 2027 elections, noting that it breached the party constitution.
Subsequently, a resignation letter dated May 18 surfaced online, stating that Bala stepped down as a member of the ADC’s national working committee (ADC). Reports also claimed that Bala has resigned from the party.
In a statement issued on Friday, Bala dismissed the letter as “entirely false, deceptive, malicious and fake”.
