Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, disclosed fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide continuous voters’ registration has hit 10.4 million at 7a.m.,on Monday, July 25.
INEC in its weekly update also said 11 million registrants have completed their registration.
According to the update, 3.3 million of the registrants did online registration, while 7.6 million registrants did physical registration.
Lagos State is in the lead for the number of completed registrations with 508,936; followed by Kano with 500,207, and Delta with 481,929.
According to INEC, youths, aged between 18 and 35 constitute the highest number of completed registrations with a total of 7,828,570.
The commission also gave the gender breakdown of those who completed their registrations to include 5,453,071 male and 5,558,048 female, out of which 80,101 were People Living with Disabilities.
The age distribution also revealed that 7,828,570 were youths; 2,192,897-middle age, 871,690-elderly, while 117,962 of the registrants were of old age.
INEC said it has received 28.4 million applications, including applications for voters’ transfer, requests for replacement of permanent voters’ cards and update of voters’ information record.
INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the ongoing CVR ahead of the 2023 elections.
