The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to conduct a mock accreditation exercise in Anambra State to test the upgraded Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of the November 2025 governorship election.
The exercise is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2025, and will take place in selected polling units across the state’s three senatorial districts.
According to a statement issued by Victoria Eta-Messi, INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, the mock exercise aims to evaluate the BVAS’ response time and the efficiency of result uploads on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal.
The selected polling units for the exercise are located in Awka South, Idemili North, Oyi, Anambra East, Aguata, and Orumba North local government areas.
INEC has called on voters in these areas to actively participate in the mock accreditation, emphasizing that their involvement is crucial for fine-tuning the commission’s operational and technological systems ahead of the main election. The commission reiterated its commitment to ensuring a smooth and credible election process.
In addition to the mock accreditation, INEC announced that the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for newly registered voters will begin on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, and end on Sunday, October 26, 2025. Voters who registered during the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise are instructed to collect their PVCs from the specific registration locations where they initially enrolled. INEC emphasized that PVC collection is strictly personal and warned that proxy collection will not be permitted under any circumstances.
The commission urged all registered voters to collect their PVCs within the designated timeframe to ensure eligibility to vote in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.
