{"id":2624,"date":"2026-04-11T04:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:56:56","slug":"inec-postpones-voter-revalidation-exercise-until-after-2027-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/2026\/04\/11\/inec-postpones-voter-revalidation-exercise-until-after-2027-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC postpones voter revalidation exercise until after 2027 general election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the proposed nationwide voter revalidation exercise until after the 2027 general election.<br><br>Mr Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.<br><br>Haruna, who did not state reasons for the postponement, said the decision was taken at the commission\u2019s meeting in Abuja.<br><br>\u201cFollowing deliberations, the commission resolved to postpone the exercise until after the 2027 general election,\u201d he said.<br><br>He described voter revalidation as a critical component of INEC\u2019s mandate to maintain a credible and up-to-date National Register of Voters.<br><br>According to him, the exercise is designed to verify and review existing voter records, ensure the accuracy of personal data, eliminate duplicate and ineligible entries, and strengthen the integrity of the voter register.<br><br>He added that it would also provide registered voters the opportunity to confirm their details and make necessary corrections where required.<br><br>Haruna reaffirmed INEC\u2019s commitment to conducting free, fair, credible and inclusive elections.<br><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the proposed nationwide voter revalidation exercise until after the 2027 general election. Mr Mohammed Haruna, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Haruna, who did not state reasons for the postponement, said the decision was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1121,1120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inec","category-nation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2626,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions\/2626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}