*Commission says on-going registration hits 10.4m
Report on the on-going Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), shows that fresh registration have hit 10,487,972.
The report which is currently on its 4th Quarter, week 15, shows that as at 7am, Monday, July 25, 2022, out of 10.487 million recorded as fresh registrations, 3,391,940 were carried out online, while 7,619179 people did theirs physically.
The distribution according to gender shows that females have more number of registrants recording 5,558,048, while the male gender have a total of 5,453,071.
In addition, People With Disabilities have 80,101 fresh registration with the youths recording 7,828,570 new registrations and marking the highest number of the registrants so far.
Based on the statistical distribution on state-by-state as disclosed by the Commissiin, Osun state has the highest number of fresh online registrants with 708,968, while Imo state recorded the least number with 71,180 fresh registrants.
Analysts attribute the outcomes to the recently concluded Osun state governorship polls in the state and its backlash.
As for applications for transfer, requests for replacement, youths between the ages of 18 and 34 recorded 16,803,391 and middle aged between 35 and 49 recorded 7,779,573 online registrations. Elderly people between 50-69 and 70 and above have 3,432,817 and 437,474 registrants respectively.
Still on applications for transfer, requests for replacement, more students showed interest in the exercise with 7,851523; this is closely followed by others/not specified category, which has 7,384,436. Public servants have the least number of registrants with 411,541.
The update further disclosed that Lagos and Kano have the highest number of completed online and in-person registration with 508,936 and 500,207 respectively.
Ekiti state and Yobe state recorded the least number of completed online and physical registration with 124,844 and 134,002 respectively.
From the INEC update, it could be deduced that the youths are currently more willing than ever before to be actively involved in political activities in the country.
