The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that more than eight million Nigerians have completed the pre-online registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
The Commission, in an update released in Abuja, said that 1,7 million Nigerians have completed their registration, reports NAN.
The statistics for week nine for the online shows that of 8,003,196 Imo State recorded the highest number with 826,850 representing 10.32 per cent, followed by Lagos State with 604,619 representing 7.56 per cent and Ogun with 510,062 representing 6.37 per cent.
The state with the lowest online pre-registration was Yobe with 2,714 representing 0.03 per cent while the exercise is suspended in Anambra in line with Section 9 (6) of the Electoral Act 2022, until after the Nov. 8 Governorship Election in the state.
The demographic breakdown of the figure shows that female registrants slightly outnumbered males with 4,190,890 represents 52.37 per cent, while male registrants accounted for 3,812,306 representing 47.63 per cent.
The youth between the age of 18 and 34 dominated the registration with 5,533,514 representing 69.14 per cent, middle-aged between 35and 49 accounted for 1,678,212 representing 20.97 per cent, while the elderly between age 50 and 69 accounted for 704,866 representing 8.81 per cent.
Also students formed the largest occupational group with 2,018,967 representing 25.23 per cent and business was the second-largest group with 1,659,690 representing 20.74.
Also Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) registrants were 182,718 representing 2.29 per cent of the total online registrants.
On the completed registration for week eight, INEC noted that the over 1,7 million, represents the total number of citizens who successfully concluded both online pre-registration and physical capture across the country.
According to the data, 956,566 registrants completed their process online, while 753,884 completed physical registration at designated centres.
A breakdown of the demographics reveals a strong participation of the youth between age 18-34 years accounting for a 73.74 per cent of the total completed registrations, with 1,261,288 individuals in this age bracket.
The breakdown according to gender further shows that female registrants were 945,305 accounting for 55.27 per cent compared to 765,145 for males, representing 44.73 per cent, while PWDs were 24,207 at 1.41 per cent.
In terms of occupation, students recorded the highest figure with 566,391 at 33.11 per cent, followed by businessmen with 316,295 at 18.49 per cent and house wives with 259,932 at 15.28 per cent
State-by-state analysis showed Osun, Lagos, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) leading the chart in overall completed registrations.
Osun State recorded the highest figure with 151,593 total registrations, followed by FCT with 106,855, and Lagos State with 85,831.
Other states with high totals include Imo (90,469), Kano (96,280), and Rivers (28,507).
INEC reiterated that the final figure is subject to data clean-up and deployment of the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) to detect and remove multiple or invalid registrations.
The Commission urged all eligible citizens who are yet to register to visit the online registration portals at https://cvr.inec.gov.ng or https://cvr.inecnigeria.org or proceed to their nearest registration center.
