The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 69,376 Nigerians completed online pre-registration within seven hours of resuming its nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on Monday.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, disclosed in Abuja that the portal went live at 8:30 a.m., and by 3:30 p.m., tens of thousands had registered.
According to him, 33,803 applicants (48.7%) were male, while 35,573 (51.3%) were female.
He said that young people aged 18–34 made up the majority with 48,033 registrants (69.2%).
Olumekun noted that the online portal remained accessible round the clock via https://cvr.inecnigeria.org while in-person registration would begin on Monday, August 25, across 811 State and Local Government offices nationwide from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays.
He explained that both online and physical registration would run concurrently for the entire CVR period, adding that weekly updates with breakdowns by state, gender, age, occupation, and disability would be published from next week.
“For clarity, registration is open only to Nigerian citizens aged 18 and above who are not already registered voters. Double registration is unlawful,” he stated.
He said that transfers between states and card replacements would also be accommodated.
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