Don’t wait till 11th hour to participate in CVR – INEC tells Lagos residents

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos State has urged eligible residents to avoid last minute rush in the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise which commences nationwide on Monday, August 18, 2025.

Prof. Ayobami Salami, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, made this appeal at a news conference on Tuesday, to announce the Commission’s readiness for the process in Lagos.

Salami said: “Don’t wait until the last hours. We must reduce the rush towards the end of the exercise.

We appeal to all eligible residents to come and use this opportunity now before the rush begins. The exercise for now, will take place at the state secretariat, 6 Birrel Avenue, Sabo-Yaba, Lagos as well as all the 20 Local Government offices of INEC.”

According to him, the CVR exercise is a crucial component of the electoral process, aimed at ensuring that all eligible citizens are registered to vote.

He said that the exercise would start August 18, 2025, and that online registration could be done anywhere before the physical biometric capturing, beginning August 25, 2025. The exercise is expected to end on August 30, 2026.

The REC said that those eligible to partake in the process include adult Nigerians without prior registration, those that had attained 18 years of age within the time frame of the exercise.

According to him, others are those willing to replace their damaged or lost Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and those willing to transfer their voting rights to other Polling Units, Registration Areas (Wards), Local Governments or States.

Salami said that residents with claims of lost cards, requesting new cards must present a police report or court affidavit for such claims to be accepted.