The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded more than 4.44 million online registrations and 509,929 physical registrations in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He said that as of Sunday, September 14, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians had pre-registered online within four weeks of the exercise, which began on August 18.
According to the breakdown, 48.17 percent (2,141,294) of those who registered online are male, while 51.83 percent (2,304,211) are female.
By age group, young people between 18 and 34 years make up the majority with 2,924,643 registrants (65.79 percent), while 1,112,344 (25.02 percent) are students.
Olumekun added that of the 509,929 physical registrations completed as of September 12, 45.06 percent (229,758) were male and 54.94 percent (280,171) were female.
Similarly, 74.15 percent (378,132) of the registrants were aged 18 to 34, and 38.54 percent (196,529) were students.
He noted that the detailed distribution of registrations by state, gender, age, occupation, and disability status has been uploaded to INEC’s website and official platforms for public access.
INEC also announced that online pre-registration in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ended on Monday, September 15.
Physical registration will continue at designated venues for the next two weeks, before being devolved to all 62 wards in the FCT from September 29 to October 8.
