Your Rights During Revalidation
Revalidation is your right. It is free, accessible, and your data is protected. Here is everything you need to know.
Revalidation Is Free
Revalidation is completely free of charge. Do NOT pay anyone — not INEC staff, not agents, not community facilitators. If anyone asks you to pay, report them immediately to INEC or call the EFCC/ICPC anti-corruption hotline.
How Your Data Is Protected
INEC will capture a fresh facial photograph (where your current image is outdated or unclear). This can be done online or in person. No other biometric data will be collected.
Your biometric data will be used solely for voter identification purposes during elections — specifically, for the BVAS machine to verify your identity on election day.
Your data will be stored securely in INEC's encrypted database and will NOT be:
- Sold to any party
- Shared with third parties
- Used for commercial purposes
- Made available to any government agency outside INEC's electoral mandate
INEC processes all voter data in accordance with Nigeria's National Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). You have the right to request information about the data held on you by contacting INEC directly.
Support for Persons with Disabilities
INEC has made the revalidation process fully accessible:
- Dedicated support and priority attention at all INEC registration centres nationwide
- Accessible facilities at designated centres
- Sign language support available on request at state offices
- For voters with severe mobility impairments who cannot travel to a centre, contact your nearest INEC State Office or the National Orientation Agency (NOA) for home-visit support arrangements
Support for Elderly Voters
Elderly voters will receive:
- Priority service at all revalidation centres — no need to wait in the general queue
- Community ambassadors deployed in many LGAs to assist with transportation and navigation to centres
- Contact your LGA community liaison or local CSO partner for assistance
- For those who genuinely cannot travel, contact your INEC State Office
Support for Internally Displaced Persons
IDPs can revalidate at the nearest INEC office regardless of the LGA in which they originally registered.
Bring any available identification:
- PVC (if available)
- NIN slip
- Refugee documentation
- NGO-issued ID
INEC and its humanitarian partners are conducting dedicated revalidation activations at known IDP camp locations.
Turned Away? Here's What to Do
If you are refused service at a revalidation centre without a valid reason:
- Ask for the name and badge number of the officer
- Contact the INEC State Office directly
- Report the incident to a Civil Society Observer
- Contact the INEC national complaint line
Your right to revalidate cannot be denied without legal cause.
Asked to Pay? Report It.
Revalidation is FREE. If anyone — whether an INEC officer, agent, or community facilitator — demands payment, report them immediately. Contact INEC, the EFCC, or the ICPC. Corruption undermines the integrity of our elections.
No internet? No problem.
Dial *89980# on any network — MTN, Airtel, Glo, or 9mobile — to find your nearest polling unit and revalidation point. The service is free of charge.