By MARK VICTOR/EMMANUEL OLONIRUHA
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has recorded 6,2 online pre-registrations in its ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), with in-person registration hitting over one million as at Sept. 28.
The commission disclosed this in its regular update on the exercise released on Monday.
According to the week six update on the online pre-registration, a total number of 6,232,673, representing 52.15 per cent of the figure were female, while 2,982,335 representing 47.85 per cent were male.
The statistics also showed that 4,230,715 of the figure were youths between the age of 18 and 34, while 1,565,824 were students; and 137,865 were Persons Living with Disabilities (PWD).
On the completed online and physical registration, the update showed that at the end of week five; 537, 743 from online registrants, and 466,389 in-persons registrants completed their physical registration.
It also showed that of the figure 555,077 representing 55.28 per cent were female, 449,055 representing 44.72 per cent were male, while 742,379 were youths between age 18 and 34.
It also revealed that 354,406 of the total figure were students, while 13,987 were PWDs. (NAN)
NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.
