8.56 million people on voter register, says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded 8,564,512 fresh registration in the quarter 4 week 2 of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) across Nigeria.

This was disclosed by INEC on Monday in its weekly update on the CVR for quarter 4 week 2 published on their certified social media platforms.

According to INEC, the number of completed registration is 5,111,899 of which 2,228,913 of the number registered online and 2,882,986 registered physically.

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Highlights of the report showed that out of the 5,111,899 persons that had completed their registration, 2,537,932 people were males, 2,573,967 females and 43,153 were people living with disabilities (PWD).

A total of 3,534,837 are youths between the ages of 18 and 34; 1, 074, 424 are middle-aged (35-49); 440,905 are the elderly (50-69) and 61,733 are old people (70 and above).

Registration statistics by states show that Osun State has the highest number of completed voters with 360,548, followed by Delta State with 267,484 and Bayelsa with 255,308.

The state with the lowest number of completed registration is Imo with 47,699, followed by Yobe State with 48,928 and FCT with 48,978.