INEC publishes FCT council election voters’ register, resumes CVR exercise in Anambra

*The Independent National Electoral Commission publishes and presents the revised Register of Voters for the Federal Capital Territory, totalling 1,680,315 registered voters ahead of the February 21, 2026, Area Council Election in Nigeria’s capital

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published and presented the revised Register of Voters for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), totalling 1,680,315 registered voters ahead of the February 21, 2026, Area Council Election.

The Commission disclosed this development as it presented the register Wednesday, January 14, in Abuja, at a Stakeholders’ meeting with political parties.

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Speaking at the event, Malam Aminu Idris, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the FCT, described the exercise as “a critical constitutional requirement in the Commission’s preparations for the election.

Malam Idris recalled that INEC resumed the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise on August 18, 2025, beginning with online pre-registration and followed by physical registration nationwide from September 29, 2025.

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Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi, Mrs. Victoria Eta-Messi, Director of Voter Education and Publicity, in a statement issued Wednesday, also explained that, in compliance with Section 9(6) of the Electoral Act, 2022, the INEC suspended the CVR in the FCT October 12, 2025, in order to allow the Commission to revise the Register of Voters for the forthcoming Area Council Election.

The statement noted Idris said the revision process, carried out pursuant to Section 10(6) of the Electoral Act, involved biometric deduplication of the register, its display for claims and objections, and the compilation of a supplementary list arising from the exercise.

REC: Revised register supersedes all previous ones

The revised register now supersedes all previous registers, stated the FCT REC.

He further disclosed that the total number of registered voters in the FCT increased from 1,570,307 recorded in 2023 to 1,680,315, adding that detailed statistics were made available to political parties at the meeting.

The REC as well briefed stakeholders on the Commission’s level of preparedness for the February 21 FCT Area Council Election, which is expected to fill 62 councillorship seats and six chairmanship positions across the FCT.

Idris listed activities already undertaken by the Commission to include the monitoring of party primaries, publication of final lists of candidates, commencement of campaign monitoring, receipt of non-sensitive materials, activation of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), voter education and sensitisation, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration with security agencies through the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).

The REC fir the FCT, therefore, urged political parties and candidates to sustain the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the FCT and intensify voter mobilisation ahead of the election.

He also announced that Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for newly registered voters, as well as those who applied for transfer or updates during the CVR exercise, had been delivered to the FCT, noting that the Commission would announce the commencement date for PVC collection in due course.

Commission resumes Continuous Voter Registration in Anambra State

In a related development, Mrs. Eta-Messi, Director of Voter Education and Publicity at INEC, Wednesday said the Commission had recommenced the Continuous Voter Registration exercise in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria.

She stated that INEC suspended the CVR exercise July 20 last year, to enable the Commission clean up the voters’ register, as well as produce and distribute Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the November 8, 2025, governorship election in the state.

The Commission also said the resumption of the CVR exercise at the Anambra State office and the 21 Local Government Area offices should provide eligible voters the opportunity to register, update their records, apply for replacement of lost or damaged PVCs, and transfer their voting locations ahead of the 2027 General Elections.

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