CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION: Ebonyi, Kebbi and Jigawa States rank low …..As Ogun State records highest
Oru Leonard
The latest pre-registration statistics by states for fresh registrants released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that Ebonyi state has the lowest, with 610 fresh registrants, followed by Kebbi 976 and Jigawa with 1,170.
Osun State recorded the highest number of fresh registrants with 154,893, in two weeks of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said a total of 542,576 Nigerians had completed their online pre-registration as of 7 am on Monday, July 12.
Lagos State came second with 44,789 fresh registrants, followed by the FCT with 32,015 new registrants, during the two weeks.
The pre-registration statistics by states for fresh registrants released by INEC
Based on the update, Katsina had 2,133; Sokoto 1,815; Kwara 14,605; Ekiti 5,817; Edo 23,624; Kano 5,416 and Anambra states 1,825.
The Commission noted that while the online registration began on June 28, the physical or in-person registration is scheduled to commence in all INEC state and local government offices nationwide on Monday, July 19.
Eligible Nigerians are advised to log onto https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/ for new registration, or as a registered voter to review their registration, request to update their information, or transfer their voter registration to another polling unit.
