The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented the electronic register of voters to political parties participating in the August 15 governorship election in Osun State.
The presentation took place on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo, where the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oluwatoyin Babalola, announced that 2,399,233 voters had been registered for the election.
Details of the voter register were contained in a statement issued by the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Musa Olurode, which outlined changes to the register since the 2023 general elections.
According to the statement, “The number of registered voters in the state for the 2023 general elections in Osun State was 1,954,800.
“395,995 voters were registered in Osun State during the 2025/2026 CVR exercise; 26,202 voters transferred to Osun State during the 2025/2026 CVR exercise; 7,125 voters transferred out of Osun State during the 2025/2026 CVR exercise.
2023 general elections – 1,954,800, 2025/2026 CVR valid – 365,356, transfer to Osun State (2025/2026 CVR) – 26,202, transfer out of Osun State (2025/2026 CVR) – 7,125. The 2026 register of voters – 2,399,233.”
INEC also disclosed that it had taken delivery of about 95 per cent of the non-sensitive materials required for the governorship election.
The commission added that the materials had already been distributed across the state’s 30 local government areas, expressing confidence in its preparedness to conduct a credible election with the cooperation of relevant stakeholders.
Speaking separately at the Media and Election Stakeholders’ Dialogue/Interaction on Credible Elections in Osun State, organised by the International Press Centre and the Centre for Media and Society with support from the European Union Support for Democratic Governance in Nigeria, Babalola said extensive preparations were ongoing to equip election personnel for the exercise.
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She further said, “When I was addressing the press last week, I told them we have received about 80 per cent of our non-sensitive materials.
Now, we have received about 95 per cent of our non-sensitive materials, and they’re already in the local government batch into polling units.
“We have been doing a lot of training. As I speak, we have started a training for our electoral officers. It’s a technical training. It’s going to end on Friday.
“We have trained persons with disabilities. We have trained all our local government training officers on different things to ensure that during the election, everyone, every individual, performs optimally and in a professional manner.”
The Resident Electoral Commissioner also outlined the next phase of the commission’s preparations.
The REC added, “Next week, Tuesday, we are going to train all electoral security personnel on their role and their code of conduct for the election.
“We will have this training for three days at the state level, and we will have it for three days at the zonal and three senatorial districts simultaneously.
“For recruitment of ad hoc staff, we have opened the portal for recruitment. It’s open, and it will close very shortly.
“We will be recruiting presiding officers, assistant presiding officers, supervisory presiding officers, and RATECs for the election.”
Osun voters are expected to head to the polls on August 15 to elect a new governor, with candidates from 14 political parties contesting the election.