The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will deploy approximately 1.4 million ad hoc personnel across more than 176,000 polling units nationwide for the 2027 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with a delegation from the International Republican Institute’s Pre-Election Assessment Mission, led by former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Jendayi Frazier.
Amupitan said the large workforce was necessary to manage the scale and logistical demands of the 2027 elections.
He said the commission had begun implementing its operational roadmap, including Continuous Voter Registration and a comprehensive audit of the voter register.
According to him, INEC will deploy its Automated Biometric Identification System to detect and remove duplicate voter records and ensure the accuracy of the voter register.
The commission is also strengthening its logistics arrangements through early deployment plans and partnerships with transport unions to ensure polling units open on time.
Amupitan said INEC would improve accessibility at polling units and provide specialised assistive devices for persons with disabilities, pregnant women, nursing mothers and elderly voters.
He noted that recent off-cycle elections had allowed the commission to test its technology, logistics and security arrangements ahead of the 2027 polls.
The INEC chairman said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and electronic publication of polling-unit results through the INEC Result Viewing portal had achieved upload rates of more than 98 per cent in recent off-cycle elections.
However, he identified security threats, electoral violence, vote-buying, hate speech, disinformation and foreign information manipulation as major challenges facing the electoral process.
Amupitan said INEC was working with security agencies through the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, as well as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, to tackle these challenges.
He also disclosed that presidential candidates would participate in the signing of the First National Peace Accord on Issue-Based Campaigns under the auspices of the National Peace Committee.
The INEC chairman said the visit by the IRI delegation, which began on August 11 and ends on August 21, was timely as public campaigns for the 2027 elections are scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
He assured international election observers of INEC’s transparency and cooperation, stressing that the commission remained committed to delivering a free, fair, credible, transparent and inclusive election.
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