*To display voters register for claims and objections in 395 wards today across two States
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed that a total of 269,992 new voters were registered in Edo and Ondo States under the just suspended Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise ahead of the governorship elections in the two states.
This was confirmed in a statement yesterday by Mr Sam Olumekun, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in Abuja.
Of this figure, 129,246 (47.87%) are male while 140,756 (52.13%) are female.
Majority of the registered voters (182,541 or 67.61%), according to INEC, are youths (18-34 years).
In terms of occupation, 95,463 or 35.36%) are students while 1,588 (0.59%) are Persons with Disability (PWDs).
In addition, 24,454 requests for replacement of PVCs, 74,493 applications for voter transfer and 8,314 for information update were received, the commission said.
According to the statement, “statistics from the CVR as at Sunday 9th June 2024 when the registration was suspended, indicates a total of 269,992 new voters in the two States. Of this figure, 129,246 (47.87%) are male while 140,756 (52.13%) are female.
“Still, the majority of the registered voters (182,541 or 67.61%) are youths (18-34 years). In terms of occupation, 95,463 or 35.36%) are students while 1,588 (0.59%) are Persons with Disability (PWDs). In addition, 24,454 requests for replacement of PVCs, 74,493 applications for voter transfer and 8,314 for information update were received”, it said.
The Commission however emphasized that that “these are preliminary figures”, stressing that the final figures will be published on State by State basis after the period for claims/objections and ABIS.
“The date for the commencement of collection of new PVCs will be announced thereafter”, the commission said.
The statement pointed out that the Commission, after its regular weekly meeting yesterday, Tuesday 11th June 2024, “ reviewed preparations for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections, particularly the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the two States which was suspended on Sunday 9th June 2024.
“The next step as provided by Section 19 of the Electoral Act 2022 is the display of the register for claims and objections by citizens for a period of seven days (one week) from tomorrow, Wednesday 12th June 2024.
“The display will take place in all the 395 Wards across the two States. The register will also be available on our website: https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/register.
“The purpose of the display is for the public to identify any ineligible persons on the register, draw the Commission’s attention to it and file an objection to the appearance of the name on the register by completing Forms EC2 and EC3 available from our officials in all the centres. The Forms can also be downloaded from our website – https://inecnigeria.org/?page_id=13655 – and handed over to our officials as provided in Section 9(4) of the Electoral Act 2022.
