CVR: Over 6.2 million Nigerians completed online pre-registration, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded 6,232,673 online pre-registrations in its ongoing nationwide continuous voter registration (CVR), with in-person registration hitting over one million as of September 28.
The commission disclosed this in its regular update on the exercise released on Monday.
According to the sixth-week update on the online pre-registration, 52.15 per cent of the figure were females, while 2,982,335, representing 47.85 per cent, were males.
The statistics also showed that 4,230,715 of the figure were youths between the ages of 18 and 34, while 1,565,824 were students, and 137,865 were persons living with disabilities (PWD).
On the completed online and physical registration, the update showed that by the end of week five, 537,743 online registrants and 466,389 in-person registrants completed their physical registration.
It showed that of the figure 555,077, representing 55.28 per cent, were female; 449,055, representing 44.72 per cent, were male, while 742,379 were youths between ages 18 and 34.
It also revealed that 354,406 of the total figure were students, while 13,987 were PWDs.
(NAN)
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