The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Lagos State has announced plans to kick-start continuous voter registration aimed at ensuring that all eligible citizens are registered to vote across all the commission's state offices in the 20 local government areas of the state.
This statement was made by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Lagos State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, while briefing journalists at the INEC state office in Yaba, Lagos.
Prof. Salami said the Continuous Voter Registration exercise is a crucial component of the electoral process, aimed at ensuring that all eligible citizens are registered to vote. He said the exercise would commence on Monday, 18th August 2025, with an online process that could be done from the comfort of their homes or offices, before the physical biometric capturing that would commence on 25th August 2025, and is expected to continue till 30th August 2026.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Lagos State, Prof. Salami said the goal throughout the exercise is to make the process accessible, inclusive, and transparent, and the modus operandi of the exercise includes:
(a) The online pre-registration will commence on Monday, 18th August 2025. At this stage, registrants are urged to go online to commence the registration via the website portal for registration: https://www.cvr.inecnigeria.org OR www.cvr.inec.gov.ng.
(b) The In-Person Physical Registration biometric capturing will commence on Monday, 25th August 2025, in all our twenty (20) Local Government Area offices and the State secretariat of the Commission at Birrel Avenue, Yaba-Lagos.
The exercise commences at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm from Monday to Friday. However, any person in the queue as at 3:00 pm during this period shall be allowed to register.
He further stated that eligibility includes:
1. Nigerians of sound mind.
2. Those who have attained 18 years of age within the time frame of the exercise.
3. Those willing to replace their damaged or lost PVCs.
4. Those willing to transfer their voting rights to other Polling Units, Registration Areas (Wards), Local Governments, or States. All these are within what we call intra- and inter-state transfers.
5. Those willing to update their details due to cases such as spelling errors, change of address, omissions, and marital status, etc.
Prof. Salami then said the Registration Centres will be located at the state secretariat, 6 Birrel Avenue, Sabo-Yaba, Lagos, as well as all our Local Government offices, with the addresses of the Local Government Offices where the registration will take place as follows:
1. Agege: 20, Arigbanla Street, Orile Agege.
2. Ajeromi-Ifelodun: Temidire Street (By Tolu Police Station), Ajegunle.
3. Alimosho: Inside Igando-Ikotun LCDA Secretariat, Idimu Road, Ikotun.
4. Amuwo-Odofun: First Gate (By First Avenue), FESTAC Town.
5. Apapa: 37, Burma Road, Apapa.
6. Badagry: Near Nigerian Army Barracks, Ibereko, Badagry.
7. Epe: 3, Iraye Road, Epe.
8. Etiosa: Km 15, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Igbo-Efon, Etiosa LGA.
9. Ibeju-Lekki: Lekki Free Trade Zone Road (Before Akodo General Hospital), Orofun/Orimedu.
10. Ifako-Ijaiye: 6, Bamgboye Street, Alagbado.
11. Ikeja: Inside Central Primary, Muiz Banire, GRA, Lagos.
12. Ikorodu: TOS Benson Road, GRA 1, Ikorodu.
13. Kosofe: 1, Moshalashi Crescent, Ogudu.
14. Lagos Island: 18, Simpson Street, (Beside Total Filling Station, Sura), Lagos Island.
15. Lagos Mainland: 340, Herbert Macaulay Street, By Our Lady of Apostle Primary School.
16. Mushin: 56, Oliyide Street (Opposite General Hospital) Mushin.
17. Ojo: Beside Health Centre, Igbede, Igbede Town, Ojo.
18. Oshodi-Isolo: Adeyemi Street, Oshodi-Isolo LGA.
19. Somolu: 35, Salami Saibu Street, Pedro Road, Somolu.
20. Surulere: 1A, Shomade Crescent (Babajide Bus Stop), Surulere.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner and his management team also meet with stakeholders which include political party members,civil society and religious leaders and the traditional leaders to sensitive them on the need to inform their members on the importance of the registration.
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