INEC announces locations, date, time for Continuous Voter Registration nationwide
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has
announced the locations of Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, centres across
the country.
The Commission made the announcement after its regular
weekly meeting on Thursday where it reviewed preparations for resumption of the
CVR and provided further update on the registration of new political parties.
INEC had earlier announced that the CVR will resume on 18th
August with the online pre-registration.
It said the in-person registration option will follow a week
later on 25th August 2025 and thereafter, the two processes will continue
simultaneously for a year until 30th August 2026.
On Thursday, the Commission announced that the exercise will
hold in 811 centres made up of the 774 Local Government, 36 State and Federal
Capital Territory, FCT, offices nationwide from 9.00am to 3.00pm (Monday to
Friday) every week with the exception of national public holidays.
For easy identification, the Commission said it is deploying
an online CVR Live Locator to assist citizens locate the registration centres
nationwide.
“The locator will go live a day to the commencement of the
CVR on 17th August 2025 and can be accessed at the following address
https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/locator,” the Commission said after its weekly
meeting on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Commission has uploaded a 38-page document to
its website and other official online platforms indicating the addresses of the
811 in-person registration centres nationwide.
“Similarly, dedicated telephone numbers have been given for
each State of the Federation to serve as Help Desk for citizens that require
further clarification,” it added.
It said the procedure for both the online and in-person
registrations remains the same as was the case in 2022.
“Detailed information on the process, including video clips,
will once again be released by the Commission next week,” it said.
Source:
- NigerianEye
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