Guber polls: INEC approves final registers of voters for Edo, Ondo

*Edo -2,629,025

*Ondo-2,053,061

By Folorunso Alagbede, Abuja

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has approved the final register of voters for the Edo and Ondo Governorship elections.

Edo State, according to INEC now has 2,629,025 registered voters.

Of this figure, 1,370,061 (52.11%) are male while 1,258,964 (47.89%) are female.

Youths of between ages 18 – 35 years account for 983,133 (37.4%), followed by 914,806 middle aged (36 – 49) persons.

The Commission, in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, also disclosed that Ondo State now has 2,053,061 registered voters.

Of this figure, 1,034,006 (50.36%) are male, while 1,034,964 (47.89%) are female with Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 726,944 (35.41%), followed by 721,982 (35.17%) middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,448,926 (70.57%) of registered voters in the State.

A statement on Tuesday by Olumekun said, “The Commission met today (yesterday ) Tuesday 6th August 2024, and approved the final register of voters for the Edo and Ondo Governorship elections.

“The register integrated new voters from the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as well as the figures of successful applicants for transfer from other States of the Federation to the two States”, it said.

Speaking about Edo State, the statement by Olumekun added, “The State now has 2,629,025 registered voters.

‘Of this figure, 1,370,061 (52.11%) are male while 1,258,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 983,133 (37.4%), followed by 914,806 middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,897,939 (72.2%) of registered voters in the State.

“In terms of occupation, 868,764 students constitute the majority of voters (33.05%). There are 4,199 (0.16%) Persons with Disability (PWDs).

The new register represents 4.9% increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 2,501,081.

Ondo State

“The State now has 2,053,061 registered voters. Of this figure, 1,034,006 (50.36%) are male while 1,034,964 (47.89%) are female. Youths (18 – 35 years) account for 726,944 (35.41%), followed by 721,982 (35.17%) middle aged (36 – 49) persons. Together, they constitute 1,448,926 (70.57%) of registered voters in the State.

“In terms of occupation, 694,938 students constitute the majority of voters (33.85%). There are 1,782 (0.09%) Persons with Disability (PWDs).

The new register represents a 3.0% increase over the 2023 General Election figure of 1,191,344.

“The detailed breakdown of the register for each State by Local Government Areas, gender, age, occupation and disability has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.

Next Step

“In the next few days, the Commission will release the timetable for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) for the two States for all categories of voters including new registrants from the last CVR, voters that applied for transfers, replacements and uncollected cards from previous registrations”, the statement concluded.