{"id":177439,"date":"2025-09-03T09:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/inec-sees-2-5m-online-pre-registrants-and-72k-in-person"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:20:46","slug":"inec-sees-2-5m-online-pre-registrants-and-72k-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/inec-sees-2-5m-online-pre-registrants-and-72k-in-person","title":{"rendered":"INEC Sees 2.5M Online Pre-Registrants and 72K In-Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reported that over 2.5 million Nigerians have completed their online voter pre-registration since the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise began on August 18.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in an update on the online and in-person registration exercise released by Mr Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after the regular meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Olumekun also said that no fewer than 72,274 citizens participated in the in-person registration within five days.<\/p>\n<p>He appreciated the positive response of citizens and the efforts of the organisations that had mobilised civic participation in the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cumulative figure at the end of week two shows that 1,218,482 (48.12 per cent) are male and 1,313,580 (51.88 per cent) are female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of age and occupation, the majority \u2013 1,602,484 (63.29 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34, while 647,528 (25.57 per cent) are students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For the in-person registration which began on Aug. 25, Olumekun said that as at Friday, August 29, a total 72,274 citizens had either completed the pre-registration process or registered afresh within five days.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that out of the figure, 35,622 (49.29 per cent) were male and 36,652 (50.71 per cent) were female.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reported that over 2.5 million Nigerians have completed their online voter pre-registration since the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise began on August 18. 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