By danivert,National Commissione

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… Students lead with figure of 1.112m

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that a total number of 4,445,505 Nigerians have pre-registered online after four weeks of the commencement of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.

INEC made the confirmation in a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in Abuja on Monday, noting that the figure was at Sunday, September 14, 2025.

While giving the breakdown of the figures, the electoral umpire revealed that 2,141,294 (48.17 per cent) are male while 2,304,211 (51.83 per cent) are female.

It further explained that students are leading the preregistration chart, emphasising that in terms of age and occupation, majority if 2,924,643 (65.79 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02 per cent) are students.

On the update for completed registration, the commission disclosed that as at Friday last week, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration is 509,929 out of which 229,758 (45.06 per cent) are male and 280,171 (54.94 per cent) are female.

The statement read; “The commission is pleased to announce the latest figures of the ongoing nationwide voter registration.

“On the online pre-registration, as of Sunday, September 14, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians have now pre-registered online in four weeks since the commencement of the exercise on August 18, 2025.

“The figure at the end of week four shows that 2,141,294 (48.17 per cent) are male and 2,304,211 (51.83 per cent) are female. In terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,924,643 (65.79 per cent) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02 per cent) are students,” it gave the breakdown in the statemen.

The commission, on further update on completed registration, noted that; “As at Friday, last week, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration is 509,929 out of which 229,758 (45.06 per cent) are male and 280,171 (54.94 per cent) are female.

“In terms of age and occupation, 378,132 (74.15 per cent) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34 while 196,529 (38.54 per cent) are students. The detailed distribution of both online and completed registrations by state, gender, age, occupation and disability have been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information,” the statement read.

It equally enumerated the ward level registration in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), noting: “As earlier announced, the online voter pre-registration in the FCT ends on Monday, September 15, 2025. For the next two weeks, the physical (in-person) option will be at the designated venues. Thereafter, the commission will devolve the registration to all the 62 wards in the FCT from 29th September 29 to October 8, 2025,” the commission noted in the statement.