By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians have pre-registered online within four weeks of the commencement of the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise.
The exercise began on the 18th of August this year.
The commission, in a statement on Monday by one of its National Commissioners and Chairman Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, explained that the figure showed that 2,141,294 (48.17%) are male and 2,304,211 (51.83%) are female.
In terms of age and occupation, the majority, 2,924,643, (65.79%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02%) are students.
The INEC statement said further that as of Friday, 12th September 2025, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration is 509,929 out of which 229,758 (45.06%) are male and 280,171 (54.94%) are female.
According to the statement by Olumekun, “As of Sunday 14th September 2025, a total of 4,445,505 Nigerians have now pre-registered online in four weeks since the commencement of the exercise on 18th August 2025.
“The figure at the end of Week Four shows that 2,141,294 (48.17%) are male and 2,304,211 (51.83%) are female. In terms of age and occupation, the majority 2,924,643 (65.79%) are between the ages of 18 and 34 while 1,112,344 (25.02%) are students.
“As of Friday, 12th September 2025, the combined figures of the completed online pre-registration and the physical (in-person) registration is 509,929 out of which 229,758 (45.06%) are male and 280,171 (54.94%) are female.
‘In terms of age and occupation, 378,132 (74.15%) are young people between the ages of 18 and 34 while 196,529 (38.54%) are students.
“The detailed distribution of both online and completed registrations by state, gender, age, occupation and disability have been uploaded to our website and other official platforms for public information”, it said.
On the issue of ward level registration in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the statement added, “As earlier announced by the Commission, the online voter pre-registration in the FCT ends today (yesterday), Monday 15th September 2025.
“For the next two weeks, the physical (in-person) option will be at the designated venues. Thereafter, the Commission will devolve the registration to all the 62 Wards in the FCT from 29th September to 8th October 2025. Detailed addresses of the centres have already been uploaded to our official platforms”, it concluded.
