Nigerians have lambasted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for failure to publish the preliminary voters’ register on its website by the 90-day deadline before the 2027 general election.
Penpushing reports despite a legal requirement for the register to be made available online for public scrutiny, the commission as at the time of filing this report has violated the electoral act, hence, scores of Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the commission for the violation and are calling for accountability.
“INEC has disregarded the Electoral Act by failing to publish the voters’ register online for public scrutiny, even after the statutory 90-day deadline has passed,” one social media user, @mundus01, wrote.
Penpushing further reports that another Nigerian, @MallamJabeer, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) failure to publish the register online raises serious concerns.
The social media users pointed out that this is not something to ignore, stressing that Nigerians deserve transparency, accountability and a credible electoral process.
Penpushing also reports that since the 2027 general elections are scheduled to begin on January 16, 2027, with the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the deadline for the commission to announce the seven days for displaying the voters’ register was Sunday, October. 18, 2026
The commission failed to publish the preliminary voters’ register on its website by the 90-day deadline before the 2027 general election, despite a legal requirement for the register to be made available online for public scrutiny.
Penpushing reports that section 19(1) of the Electoral Act 2026 requires the commission to make copies of the voters’ register available for public scrutiny on its website as well as at every registration area for seven days before 90 days to the general election.
“Subject to the provisions of section 9 (6) of this Act, the commission shall, not later than 90 days to a general election, appoint a period of seven days during which a copy of the voters’ register for each Local Government, Area Council or ward shall be displayed or published for public scrutiny at every registration area and on its official website or any website established by the commission for that purpose,” the section reads.
Penpushing further reports that since the 2027 general elections are scheduled to begin on January 16, 2027, with the presidential and National Assembly elections, the deadline for the commission to appoint the seven days for displaying the voters’ register was October 18,2026 , while the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections are scheduled for February 6, 2027
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Between 9 and 15 October 2026, conducted a nationwide display of voter registers at Registration Areas (RAs) across the country to allow voters to check their details and identify errors.
Penpushing also reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC),however, did not publish them on its website or any other website, as mandated by the Electoral Act.
The online portal for the preliminary register as at Wednesday still displayed a message stating that there are currently no preliminary registers to display, as at October 21, 2026, calling on viewers to check back later,
Penpushing reports spokesperson of the commission Mohammed Haruna said the commission published the voter register and is working toward a clean copy for publication ahead of December 15, 2026
“We published the voter register for claims and objections at our registration areas between October 9 & 15. Right now we are in the process of receiving and compiling the claims & objections to have a clean copy for publication by the 2026 Electoral Act deadline of December 15’, he was quoted saying
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