Nigerians Still Have Confidence In Electoral Process, Says INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the conception that Nigerians person mislaid assurance successful the electoral process is much of a story than a reality, arsenic those who proclaim it deficiency convincing grounds to enactment their stance.

The main property caput to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the assertion yesterday successful Abuja.

On the contrary, the precocious level of information by Nigerians, particularly the youths, successful the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which began connected August 18 this twelvemonth with online pre-registration, showed that citizens inactive person assurance successful the process, Oyekanmi said.

He said the CVR portal went unrecorded astatine 8:30 americium connected August 18, and by 3:30 pm, 7 hours later, 69,376 Nigerians had pre-registered, comprising 33,803 males (48.7%) and 35,573 females (51.3%).

Oyekanmi said that conscionable a week later, connected August 24, 1,379,342 had pre-registered online, adding that if the committee had allowed the CVR to beryllium completed online, that fig would person subsisted.

“However, each those who pre-registered online indispensable implicit their registration by physically appearing astatine their preferred designated centre to person their biometrics and different details captured, successful compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, specifically Sections 9(7) and 10(2).

“By September 1, 2 weeks aft the online pre-registration began, 2,532,062 Nigerians had registered online. Within 1 week of the in-person registration starting connected August 25, 72,274 citizens had either completed their online pre-registration oregon registered successful person.

“By week five, connected September 21, 2025, since the commencement of online pre-registration, a staggering 5,385,060 Nigerians had uploaded their details to the CVR portal.

“In the aforesaid manner, by week 4 connected September 19, since the in-person registration began, 399,162 pre-registrants had completed the process, portion 365,533 Nigerians registered physically, totalling 764,695 Nigerians that had completed the registration process successful conscionable 1 month,” helium noted.

The seasoned writer maintained that determination is nary African state with these types of elector registration figures wrong 1 month.

He noted that Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC has made important improvements to the electoral system, saying the 2023 wide election, much than immoderate different election, demonstrates this fact.

Oyekanmi said that the predetermination produced the astir divers National Assembly since the restoration of ideology successful 1999.

“In the Senate, 7 governmental parties won varying numbers of seats, comprising APC-59 seats, PDP-36, LP-8, NNPP-2, SDP-2, APGA-1 and YPP-1.

“Similarly, 8 governmental parties won seats successful the House of Representatives. They see APC-177, PDP-117, LP-35, NNPP-19, APGA-5, ADC – 2, SDP-2 and YPP-2

“For the governorship elections, APC won 16 States, PDP-10, LP-1 and NNPP–1. In fact, 9 governmental parties won seats successful the State Assemblies. They see APC-533, PDP-355, LP-38, NNPP-29, APGA-20, YPP-8, SDP-7, A-1, and ADC–1,”he stated.

Oyekanmi said the caller bye-elections besides showed that Nigerians person kept religion with the electoral process.

“Ironically, immoderate of the astir ardent critics of INEC are besides astatine the forefront of calling for electoral betterment to transportation section authorities elections to the aforesaid commission. Surely, they cannot proceed to locomotion connected some sides of the road,” helium noted.