Group To Mobilise Abuja Residents For Voter Registration Tomorrow

A civilian nine organisation (CSO), the Grassroots Centre for Rights and Civic Orientation (GRACO), successful conjunction with ByteOasis is hosting a civic integer skills outreach time to mobilise residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for information successful the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).

The lawsuit which is taking astatine Lilcentral Restaurant & Football Viewing Centre, Gwarinpa is informed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) devolution of the CVR to ward-level successful the FCT which ends connected October 18, 2025.

GRACO communications officer, Daniel Otera successful a connection said the outreach addresses the urgent request to summation elector information by equipping citizens with the integer tools and cognition to prosecute successful Nigeria’s electoral process.

He said participants volition person applicable guidance connected however to seamlessly navigate the CVR process, including online pre-registration for first-time voters, transferring polling units, and locating ward-level registration centres.

“The programme volition besides supply grooming connected captious integer skills, specified arsenic online fact-checking to combat viral disinformation astir cardinal CVR and electoral processes… code factors constraining the information of women, the league volition stock tips on  combating gendered disinformation, and ensuring online safety,” Otera said.

“The ward-level enlargement of elector registration is simply a important accidental to fortify Nigeria’s democracy. We are organising this enactment astatine a shot viewing centre arsenic a mode of reaching the younker demographic to fto them cognize astir the value of the CVR exercise. We besides request them to recognize that with the deadline of October 18, 2025 acceptable by INEC FCT for the CVR, those who mean to ballot successful the FCT Area Council elections successful February 2026, indispensable travel retired and get registered now.

“This Civic Digital Outreach volition supply clear, actionable accusation to guarantee citizens tin registry and yet spell to enactment arsenic voters successful elections. GRACO is committed to fostering an informed and engaged electorate,” the enforcement manager of GRACO, Armsfree Ajanaku said.