As the preparations for the resumption of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) are in top gear, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced 811 in-person registration centres for the exercise across the federation.
The announcement was made in a statement by Sam Olumekun mni, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, on Thursday 7th August 2025.
According to INEC, the CVR exercise will be held in 811 centres made up of 774 Local Government Areas, 37 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 is deploying an online CVR Live Locator to assist citizens locate the registration centres nationwide.
It said 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 it has today 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.
“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”, the statement read.
Spark News Naija reports that the CVR will resume on 18th August with the online pre-registration. The in-person registration option will follow a week later on 25th August 2025.
Thereafter, the two processes will continue simultaneously for a year until 30th August 2026.