The Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has introduced the postponement of its deliberate nationwide voter revalidation train.
The train, which was earlier scheduled to happen earlier than the subsequent normal elections, will now be held after the 2027 polls.
Politics Nigeria stories that the announcement was made on Friday in an official assertion launched by Mohammed Haruna, the feeâs Nationwide Commissioner and Chairman of its Info and Voter Training Committee.
The choice, in response to him, adopted a vital assembly between INEC and its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) throughout the nation.
Haruna defined that the fee reached the conclusion after reviewing its present priorities and the necessity to deal with preparations forward of the 2027 normal elections.
He famous that the revalidation train, which is geared toward updating and verifying voter data nationwide, would now be rescheduled to a later date.
âFollowing deliberations, the fee resolved to postpone the train till after the 2027 Common Election,â the assertion learn.
The voter revalidation train is taken into account a key a part of INECâs efforts to keep up an correct and credible voter register. It normally entails the affirmation of votersâ particulars, removing of invalid entries, and inclusion of eligible Nigerians who might have been beforehand unregistered or whose data require updates.