Osun, Lagos lead online voters’ registration
One week after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, launched its online Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) system, registrants from Osun and Lagos have emerged tops.
A weekly data review by INEC shows that as of 7:00 a.m. of Monday, July 5, Osun and Lagos States have the highest number of online registrants with 67,772 and 30,338 respectively.
Conversely, Kebbi and Ebonyi States have the least numbers of registrants with 624 and 350 respectively.
In total, the online CVR system has recorded over 203,497 fresh applicants.
The exercise was introduced by INEC ahead of the 2023 election to ease voters registration procedure.
However, voters would still have to visit their centres where they will partake in full registration and receive their voters cards.
Below is the statistics of fresh applicants in each state across the country.
1. Katsina 983
2. Jigawa 679
3. Sokoto 1,069
4. Yobe 899
5. Zamfara 825
6. Kebbi 624
7. Kano 2,988
8. Borno 1,099
9. Adamawa 1,112
10. Kaduna 3,787
11. Gombe 990
12. Bauchi 1,408
13. Plateau 1,757
14. Taraba 1,512
15. Kwara 5,623
16. Oyo 7,143
17. Ekiti 2,634
18. Niger 2,402
19. Osun 67,772
20. Ondo 4,423
21. Edo 7,666
22. Anambra 6,313
23. Imo 2,828
24. FCT 12,160
25. Nasarawa 1,601
26. Ogun 8,886
27. Kogi 3,267
28. Enugu 795
29. Benue 1,256
30. Ebonyi 350
31. Cross Rivers 1,398
32. Lagos 30,338
33. Delta 4,303
34. Bayelsa 4,901
35. Abia 626
36. Always Ibom 3,632
37. Rivers 3,448
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