INEC Records 5.5m New Voters In Continuous Registration Exercise

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recorded 5,560,093 fresh registrations as at Monday February 7, 2022, in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.

This was revealed in data released by INEC on CVR weekly update on Monday.

According to the information, total number of voters, as at the third quarter since the exercise began is 9,331,977. This figure, according to the electoral body, includes application for voter transfer to new location, requests for replacement of PVCs, update of voter information record, among others.

Data on  voter registration by states show that Osun recorded the highest number, with 599, 321, followed by Delta at 405, 392.

For fresh registration, the data shows that the number of completed registration is 2,959,380. The number that registered online stands at  1,213,742, while 1,745,638 people registered physically.

Demographic presentation of  the data also indicates total figures of online registrants based on age, occupation, gender and  capacity (Persons With Disabilities).

By gender, number of male registrants stands at  4,982,502; females, 4,349,475.

For age group, the youth (18- 34) are 5,777,404;  middle age (35-49), 2,359,730; elderly (50 -69) 1,047,895; old (70 and above), 146,948; and  PWDs,  93,123.

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Distribution of  online registrations by occupation shows students having the highest number of enrollment with 2,737, 361; followed by those not specified, 2,113,494;  those in business recorded 1,544,379; farmers, 861,480; house wives, 703,097;  artisans, 458,535; trading, 487,852; and civil servants, 303,887.

INEC’s spokesman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, in an exchange with Prime Business Africa on Tuesday  reiterated that the online and physical  voter registration which began in June 2021 is still ongoing  at INEC’s state or local government offices from Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 3:00 pm.

The INEC online registration portal is: https://CVR.inec.gov.ng or https://CVR.inecnigeria.org

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