The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced that a total of 1,379,342 Nigerians pre-registered for their Permanent Voters Card.
Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman for
The Information and Voter Education Committee said these Nigerians pre-registered as the in-person registration process commenced on Monday.
Olumekun expressed the commission’s excitement in publishing the first weekly update of the exercise by providing details of the registration by State, gender, age, occupation and disability.
He said, “The breakdown of the online pre-registrations shows that 661,846 (47.96%) are male and 717,856 (52.04%) are female. Young people between the ages of 18 and 34 constitute the majority of the registrants with 860,286 (62.37%).
“In terms of occupation, 374,534 (27.15%) are students while the figure for persons with disability is 27,089 (1.96%). Full details have been published on our website and other official platforms for public information,” Olumekun said.
In addition, he stated that with the commencement of the physical registration kicks across 811 State and Local Government offices nationwide, online pre-registration would be completed.
He also appealed to the public to understand that the ongoing voter registration is only open to Nigerian citizens who are at least 18 years old and who are not registered voters.
“Double or multiple registration is a violation of the law. However, inter-State/FCT and intra-State/FCT transfer of voters as well as the replacement of lost or damaged voters’ cards are allowed during the CVR.
“The exercise will continue for one year until 30th August 2026. However, the Commission urged all intending registrants not to wait until the deadline approaches when, from experience, the registration centres are inundated by eleventh-hour registrants amidst appeals for extension of time,” Olumekun said.