Over 1.3 million Nigerians have registered online for voter cards within the first week of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Commission announced on Monday that the online registration process, which began on August 18, 2025, had received 1, 379, 342 applications as of August 24.
The exercise, which will continue until August 30, 2026, was described as encouraging by INEC.
The Commission released a breakdown of the figures, showing that 661, 846 registrants, or , 47.96 %, are male, while 717, 856, representing 52.04 %, are female. Young people aged 18 to 34 formed the majority with 860, 286 entries, accounting for 62.37%.
In terms of occupation, according to INEC, 374, 534 registered voters, or 27. 15%, are students, and 27 089 people with disabilities, or 1. 96%, also registered.
The Commission noted that “full details have been made available on our website and other official public platforms.”
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In addition, INEC’s 811 state and local government offices nationwide officially rolled out in person on Monday. Citizens who prefer physical registration and those who completed it online can do so thanks to this.
Nigerians were the only ones who had not previously registered, according to INEC, that the exercise is only open to citizens who are at least 18 years old.
It urged caution that filing multiple registrations still constitute a criminal offense.
However, the Commission made it clear that voters could transfer their voter registration between federally recognized states or within the country’s borders and that they could also request that their lost or damaged voter cards be replaced during the exercise.
In order to assure the public that registration will continue for a year, INEC made an appeal to eligible citizens to wait until the exercise’s conclusion. Despite requests for extension of time, the Commission claimed that “from experience, the registration centers are inundated by eleventh-hour registrants.”
Source: Channels TV
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