{"id":179075,"date":"2025-09-16T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cvr-reports-4-44m-online-registrations-509929-completed"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:52:38","slug":"cvr-reports-4-44m-online-registrations-509929-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cvr-reports-4-44m-online-registrations-509929-completed","title":{"rendered":"CVR Reports 4.44M Online Registrations 509929 Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reported 4.44 million online registrations and 509,929 physical registrations in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR.<\/p>\n<p>The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Olumekun said that as at Sunday, September 14, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians had pre-registered online in the four weeks since the commencement of the exercise on August 18.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that of this figure, 2,141,294 (48.17 per cent) were male and 2,304,211 (51.83 per cent) female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,924,643 (65.79 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02 per cent) are students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of Friday, September 12, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration is 509,929 out of which 229,758 (45.06 per cent) are male and 280,171 (54.94 per cent) are female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of age and occupation, 378,132 (74.15 per cent) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34 while 196,529 (38.54 per cent) are students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Olumekun noted that the detailed distribution of both online and completed registrations by state, gender, age, occupation and disability had been uploaded to INEC\u2019s website and other official platforms for public access.<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that the online voter pre-registration in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, ended on Monday, September 15.<\/p>\n<p>He said that over the next two weeks, the physical (in-person) option would take place at the designated venues.<\/p>\n<p>Olumekun added that thereafter, the commission would devolve the registration to all 62 wards in the FCT from September 29 to October 8.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that the detailed addresses of the centres had already been uploaded to INEC\u2019s official platforms.<\/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 4.44 million online registrations and 509,929 physical registrations in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration, CVR. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, on Monday in Abuja. 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