The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Joash Amupitan on Monday, 7 September, 2026 disclosed that the commission will introduce a real-time tracker to monitor its preparations for the 2027 General Election across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), reports thegazellenews.com.
Amupitan made this disclosure on Monday, September 7, 2026, while opening a two-day strategic workshop for Administrative Secretaries at the Marriott Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.
The workshop is focusing on five major areas: Continuous Voter Registration, logistics and materials management, electoral technology, optimisation of ad hoc staff and financial compliance.
INEC boss said the workshop would produce a standard Excel-based operational tracker for Administrative Secretaries. The system will be connected to INEC’s Election Monitoring and Support Centre dashboard and the Election Project Plan.
While explaining that INEC previously had no uniform system for monitoring the operational responsibilities of Administrative Secretaries, Amupitan said the new tracker will give Resident Electoral Commissioners, Supervising National Commissioners, the Secretary to the Commission and the headquarters immediate information on the distribution of election materials, training of ad hoc staff and the level of preparedness in each state.
“This will enable us to move from reactive responses to proactive management,” he said, just as he also added that the tracker would continue to be used after the 2027 election as part of INEC’s operational and onboarding system for Administrative Secretaries.
He added that the initiative comes as the National Register of Voters is nearing 100 million registered voters.
The commission boss said the commission was using lessons from recent off-cycle elections, including the Osun State governorship election, where he said logistics and technology performed effectively.
Amupitan said INEC wants to achieve the same level of efficiency across the country ahead of the 2027 election, which is about six months away.
