The Independent National Electoral Commission has concluded the second phase of its nationwide Continuous Voter Registration exercise, recording 3,748,704 completed registrations and setting its sights on the next critical step: cleaning up the voter register before the 2027 general elections.
INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi confirmed that Phase II came to a close on April 17, 2026, with the figures representing both online and in-person registrations. Of the total, 2,259,288 Nigerians completed the process through the online pre-registration portal, while 1,489,416 finalised their registration physically at designated centres. The commission noted that the figures were preliminary and subject to further verification.
With the registration phase concluded, INEC has now shifted attention to the display of the Voter Register for Claims and Objections, a legally mandated process that allows citizens to verify their registration details and flag inaccuracies, duplicate entries, registrations of deceased persons, and potential non-citizen inclusions. The display exercise will run from April 20 to April 26, 2026, at designated centres across the country.
The commission confirmed that the CVR exercise was being conducted in three phases. Phase I ran from August 18 to December 10, 2025, while Phase II ran from January 5 to April 17, 2026. Phase III is scheduled to resume on May 4, 2026, and run through August 17, 2026, providing a further opportunity for eligible Nigerians yet to register. A third round of the claims and objections display is expected to follow from August 24 to 30, 2026.
INEC urged all Nigerians who registered during Phase II to use the current display window to confirm the accuracy of their information, stressing that maintaining a clean and credible voter register was central to the conduct of free, fair, and transparent elections.
