JUST IN: INEC releases fresh update on nationwide CVR exercise

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released an update on the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voters’ Registration.

This update was contained in a statement issued Monday by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee.

The INEC commissioner said the data from the third week of the online continuous voter registration and second week of the physical (in-person) option show that a total of 3,544,850 Nigerians have pre-registered online.

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He said that since the announcement of the exercise, figures show that 1,709,933 (48.24%) are male and  1,834,917 (51.76%) are female.

“In terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,291,809 (64.65%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 882,441 (24.89%) are students,” Olumekun said.

On completed registration, Olumekun said INEC would be presenting the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration in a single graphic for this week.

“The cumulative figure since the physical (in-person) registration commenced on 25th August 2025 is 288,614 as of Thursday, 4th September 2025 of which 132,634 (45.96%) are male and 155,980  (54.04%) are female. In terms of age and occupation, 215,414 (74.64%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 114,150 (39.55%) are students.

“The distribution of both online and completed registrations by State, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information,” he said.

The commission further appreciated the positive response from citizens and organisations who have mobilised civic participation for the exercise.

He also said that voter registration is only open to citizens who are 18 years or older at the time of registration as it is illegal for anyone to encourage underage registration in anticipation that this population of people will attain the legal age of voting by the time the general election holds in 2027.