THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said over one million Nigerians have pre-registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
The nationwide online pre-registration of voters commenced on Monday, August 18, 2025. As at Sunday August 24, 2025, a total of 1,379 342 Nigerians registered nationwide in just one week.
This was contained in a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Sam Olumekun, which was posted on X (former Twitter).
‘’As promised, the Commission is glad to publish the first weekly update of the exercise by providing details of the registration by State, gender, age, occupation and disability.
‘’The breakdown of the online pre-registrations shows that 661,846 (47.96 per cent) are male and 717,856 (52.04 per cent) are female. Young people between the ages of 18 and 34 constitute the majority of the registrants with 860,286 (62.37 per cent).
‘’In terms of occupation, 374,534 (27.15 per cent) are students while the figure for persons with disability is 27,089 (1.96 per cent). Full details have been published on our website and other official platforms for public information.
‘’Meanwhile, physical registration kicks off today (yesterday) in our 811 State and Local Government offices nationwide. This will afford those who prefer the in-person option to register at the centres and those who chose the online pre-registration method to complete their registration.
‘’Once again, the Commission appeals to the public 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 August 30, 2026. However, the Commission urge 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.’’
