From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that the online pre-registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit an unprecedented number of 3,544,850.
The commission in a statement by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, noted that the figure for the online pre-registration was realised after three weeks of the resumption of the exercise.
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INEC equally frowned at some person instigating underage Nigeria to participate in the exercise, disclosing that female participants lead the figure at the end of week three with 1,709,933 (48.24 per cent) male and 1,834,917 (51.76 per cent) female.
The statement read: “In continuation of our weekly update on the ongoing nationwide voter registration, the commission is pleased to publish the data at the end of the third week of the online pre-registration and second week of the physical (in-person) option.”
“As at Sunday, September 7, a total of 3,544,850 Nigerians have now pre-registered online in three weeks since the commencement of the exercise in August 18, 2025.
“The figure at the end of week three shows that 1,709,933 (48.24 per cent) are male and 1,834,917 (51.76 per cent) are female. In terms of age and occupation, majority of 2,291,809 (64.65 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 882,441 (24.89 per cent) are students,” INEC enumerated in the statement.
The commission equally gave update on completed registration, noting: “From this week, the commission will be presenting the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration in a single graphic.”
“The cumulative figure since the physical (in-person) registration commenced on 25th August 2025 is 288,614 as of Thursday, September 4, 2025 of which 132,634 (45.96 per cent ) are male and 155,980 (54.04 per cent) are female. In terms of age and occupation, 215,414 (74.64 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 114,150 (39.55 per cent) are students,” the statement read.
The electoral umpire also disclosed in the detailed breakdown that; “The distribution of both online and completed registrations by State, gender, age, occupation and disability have been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information.”
While giving appreciation and appeal, INEC noted: “Once more, the commission appreciates the positive response of citizens and organisations that have mobilised civic participation for the exercise.”
“However, we wish to reiterate that voter registration is only open to citizens who are 18 years or older at the time of registration. It is illegal for anyone to encourage underage registration or those below 18 years of age to register in anticipation that they will attain the legal age of voting by the time the general election holds in 2027,” it warned.
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