The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
1,006,661 Nigerians have completed their online pre-registration in the ongoing
Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
The new eligible voters registered nationwide within the
last four weeks.
INEC data released on Monday showed that Osun maintains the
highest number of fresh registrants with 259,450, followed by Edo with 98,286.
The third is Anambra with 65,014, followed by Bayelsa with
63,250 and Lagos State with 61,991.
The state currently with the lowest fresh registrants is
Yobe with 1,893, followed by Sokoto State with 2,453, Jigawa 2,593, and Zamfara
with 2,769.
INEC received 1,135,395 applications including those for
voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and
update of voter information record.
The distribution by age group showed that 740,063 of it were
youths between the ages of 18 to 34 years.
The applications from the middle aged of between 35 to 49
years old were 278,042; the elderly from 50 to 69 years were 102,578; while the
old from 70 years and above were 14,712
The distribution by occupation indicated that artisan
constituted 75,877 of the total applications; farming/fishing – 81,096; public
servants -25,298; business -230,551; house wives -25,816; students 355,227;
civil servants 44,093; traders 97,624; others/not specified 199,813.
Distribution by gender also showed that females constituted
492,449 of the received applications while males were 642,946.
A total of 12,274 of the applicants are persons living with
disabilities.
Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman,
Information and Voter Education Committee, said details of the distributions
had been uploaded on the commission’s website and social media platforms.
“The current exercise is only open to Nigerians who are 18
years and above who have not registered before. It is an offence under the
Electoral Act for any citizen to register more than once.
“‘Eligible registrants are advised to visit:
https://cvr.inec.gov.ng or https://cvr.inecnigeria.org for online
pre-registration,” Okoye noted.
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