WED NOV 05 2025-theGBJournal| The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, revealed on Tuesday that the Commission has approved a final register of 2,802,790 voters for the Anambra Governorship election.
The approval, according to the Chairman, follows the conclusion of the Continuous Voter Registration exercise and subsequent clean-up of the database.
He noted that a total of 168,187 new registrations were recorded across the 326 wards of the state, but 27,817 invalid multiple entries were removed after Automated Biometric Identification System screening, leaving 140,370 valid new voters.
In addition, 5,983 voters transferred their registration within the state.
He explained that INEC extended the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection deadline from October 29 to November 2 to enable all eligible voters to obtain their cards. According to him, all uncollected cards from the 21 local government areas would be secured at the Central Bank of Nigeria until after the election to prevent misuse.
The Chairman also disclosed that the Commission, in partnership with TAFAfrica, approved the deployment of sign language interpreters across polling units to assist 3,456 registered voters with disabilities in the state.
He described this as a landmark initiative in Nigeria’s electoral history aimed at strengthening inclusion and participation of Persons with Disabilities in the democratic process.
He confirmed that INEC had accredited 114 domestic observer groups and 76 media organizations, deploying over 500 journalists to provide comprehensive coverage of the poll.
Thousands of agents representing candidates and political parties have also been accredited to monitor activities across the 5,718 polling units, 326 ward collation centers, 21 local government collation centers, and the state collation center in Awka.
Professor Amupitan assured stakeholders that the Commission was fully prepared for the election, emphasizing that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) would be used for voter authentication and electronic transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
He disclosed that a successful mock accreditation had been conducted in 12 polling units across six local government areas to test the system’s performance and improve network stability. He added that all BVAS devices designated for election day had been tested, configured, and were ready for deployment.
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