Nigeria’s registered voters rise above 103m ahead of 2027 elections – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says Nigeria’s registered voters person accrued to much than 103 cardinal up of the 2027 wide elections.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this connected Monday successful Abuja astatine a strategical store for media executives organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors successful concern with the commission.

Amupitan said the three-phase Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) workout recorded 10,772,421 caller registrants.

He said 2,611,266 radical registered during the archetypal phase, portion 4,121,835 and 3,867,997 were recorded successful the 2nd and 3rd phases, respectively.

The INEC chairman, however, said the figures were inactive taxable to last verification done the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).

“Following the decision of our three-phase Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which captured implicit 10.6 cardinal caller applicants, our Voter Register Department has completed the last Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) cleanup. Nigeria’s National Register of Voters is present implicit 103 million,” helium said.

Amupitan said INEC had completed 8 of the 14 maj...