Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the national voter register is nearing 100 million entries ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan made the disclosure in Lagos, during a report on the latest Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
According to INEC, the commission records 10,772,421 new registrants in the most recent CVR period, contributing to the overall figure that is approaching 100 million. The outlets report the same set of figures and attribution to Amupitan. They also indicate INEC is preparing for next steps after the CVR exercise, including further rollout activities related to the election process, though details beyond the registration update are not fully specified in the provided excerpts.
Both reports focus on the scale of voter registration and the upward trend in the register size, presenting INEC’s update as the key development heading into the 2027 polls.
