By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that 752,011 Nigerians have been registered in the continuous on line pre-registration of voters in three weeks.
This was disclosed in a statement by The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education of the commission, Festus Okoye, on Monday in Abuja.
According to him, “It is now three weeks since the Commission commenced the online pre-registration of voters on 28th June 2021. In keeping with our commitment to give weekly updates to Nigerians, a total of 752,011 new voters have registered online in the last 21 days as at 7am today Monday 19th July 2021 i.e. an average of 35,810 registrants per day”.
“Out of this figure, 562,254 (74.7%) are youths between the ages of 18 and 34. In terms of gender, 493,128 are male while 369,188 are female registrants”.
Detailed distribution of registrants by State/FCT, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded on the commission’s website and social media platforms.
“The Commission wishes to reiterate it’s earlier decision that because of the declaration of Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July 2021 as public holidays by the Federal Government, the commencement of physical registration is now rescheduled to Monday 26th July 2021”.
“Online pre-registrants who booked for appointment to complete their registration physically between Monday 19th and Friday 23rd July 2021 will be notified within the next few days of the new dates for their appointments. They may also visit the portal (https://cvr.inecnigeria.org) to choose a new available date and time if they so desire”.
“For further information, please contact us on 0700-2255-4632 or email iccc@inec.gov.ng
The Commission once again reassures all Nigerians that every eligible citizen willing to register as a voter will have the opportunity to do so”, he added.