CVR: 542,576 Nigerians register in two weeks

Barely two weeks after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) opened the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) portal on 28th June, a total of 542,576 Nigerians have undertaken the online pre-registration, according to the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

Out of this figure, 456,909 were fresh registrants. At the same time, 85,667 applied for voter transfer, replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), Update of Voter Information Records and other services.

In the same vein, the breakdown of the total number of pre-registration applicants showed that 356,777 or 66 per cent were young people between the ages of 18 and 34 years; 134, 719 were middle-aged between 35 and 49 years; 44, 896 applicants were between 50 and 69 years, while 6, 184 were senior citizens between 70 years and above.

Prof. Yakubu, who unfolded the statistics during the Commission’s meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) held today in Abuja, also revealed the registrants’ occupational distribution. He said: “On the occupational distribution, 156, 446 are students; 38, 217 artisans; 24, 421 farmers and fishermen; 150, 145 businessmen and traders; 35, 831 employed as civil and public servants and 8, 334 housewives. The remaining 129, 182 registrants did not specify their occupations.”

On gender, the INEC Chairman said 321, 781 males and 220, 795 females applied. In its desire to serve Nigerians better and determine the number of assistive voting devices such as Braille ballot guide and magnifying glasses to be deployed at polling units for persons with special needs on election day, the Commission requested registrants to indicate if they had any form of disability. “So far,” Prof Yakubu stated, “we have data for 6, 558 registrants who have indicated their type of disability.

He said the Commission is aware that not all Nigerians have access to computers, smartphones or the internet, as a result of which they could not take advantage of the CVR portal. His words: “We have repeatedly assured every eligible registrant that there will be an opportunity for physical or in-person registration at designated centres. Even the online registrants will have to complete their registration at those centres. We aim to activate some 2, 673 centres to which we intend to deploy 5, 346 officials for in-person registration.

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