The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC for Oyo state, Dr. Adeniran Tella says the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise will last for one year and will be suspended as from 30th August, 2026.
Dr Tella stated this while addressing journalists at a media briefing as part of activities to Sensitize residents on the INEC continuous voter registration exercise which has commenced since last week Monday, August 16th, 2025
He said about 66,950 (4.85%) of Nigerians completed the online pre-registration within the first week of resumption in Oyo State.
While appealing to residents not to wait till the end of the exercise before registering at the commission’s state and local government offices, Dr Tella said two of the INEC Voter Enrolment Device, IVED, Machines have been placed either at the State Office or in all it’s 33 INEC LGA Offices for seamless registration.
He said to decongest the registration centres, already registered voters who want to replace or transfer their Permanent Voter Cards may not to visit the designated centres but perform such task online via https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/Public/getStarted
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