INEC registers over 10 million Nigerians in 1 year 

The ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) hit 10,487,972 as of 7 a.m., on July 4.

This is contained in the quarter four, week 12 update released in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced fresh voter registration on June 28, 2021.

INEC confirmed that 9,455,198 Nigerians have completed their registrations.

Of the figure, 3,314,169 registered online while 6,141,029 did physical registration.

In the gender breakdown, 4,682,036 of the registrants are males, 4,773,162 are females, 71,998 are Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)

Also, 6,698,446 are youths; 1,894,39 are middle age between 18 and 34 years.

A total of 758,300 are the elderly between 50 to 69 years; 104,056 are 70 years and above.

However, the commission has received 25,056,633 applications in general.

This includes voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), and update of information, among others.

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