The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 6,232,673 eligible Nigerians have registered on its online portal at the end of the sixth week of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Of this figure, 3,250,338 (52.15%) are women, while 2,982,335 (47.85%) are men.

The data also shows that 137,865 registrants are persons with disabilities.

INEC further revealed that 1,004,132 Nigerians have completed the physical (in-person) registration, with women accounting for 555,077 (55.28%) and men 449,055 (44.72%).

According to the statistics released on Monday, the South West and North West continue to lead both the online and in-person registration exercises.

Borno State tops online registration with 682,805 registrants, while Osun State leads the in-person exercise with 107,012 completed registrations.

Regional figures show the South West leading online registrations with 1,924,072 eligible voters, followed by the North West with 1,728,144. The North East comes third with 1,197,510, while the North Central follows with 967,518. The South South and South East recorded 334,578 and 81,478, respectively.

For in-person registrations, the North West leads with 277,786 completed, followed by the South West with 252,281, North Central with 155,953, North East with 144,437, South South with 105,108, and South East with 67,745.

The state-by-state breakdown of the online registration exercise revealed that Borno has registered 682,805, followed by Osun with 599,363 voters, Lagos with 555,442 voters, Kebbi with 472,662, while Ogun and Kaduna have registered 450,897 and 376,054 voters, respectively.

Osun state is coming first in the physical registration exercise with 107,012 voters completing their registration, followed by Lagos with 58,460, Borno with 56,828, Kano with 54,145, Sokoto with 48,430, Imo with 47,083, and Kogi with 41,257 voters.

Statistics for Anambra state are not included in the two exercises since the state will be part of the Continuous Voter Registration until after the November 8 governorship elections. (The Nation)

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