Lagos, Kano, and Delta lead as INEC registers 11m voters between June 2021 and July 2022

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed that more than 11 million new applicants had completed their voter registration.

In June 2021, the INEC launched a portal for Nigerians to commence their registration online or request for up of their voter information before they proceed to complete same physically at the centers designated for that.

According to information from INEC, the number of Nigerians that completed their registration is 11,011,119 as of 7am on July 25.

Out of this figure, 3,391,940 began theirs online, while 7,619,179 finised their registration physically.

Lagos state lead with 508.936 as number of completed registrations, this is closely followed by Kano. Kano boast 500,207, while Delta tallied 481,929. 

INEC revealed that youths aged between 18 and 35 make up the highest number of completed registrations, totaling 7,828,570.

See details from INEC below:

INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the ongoing CVR ahead of the 2023 elections.

But a federal high court in Abuja stopped INEC from ending the exercise, following a suit filed against the electoral umpire by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 185 persons.

The commission then extended the voter registration by two more weeks — to end July 31.

The electoral umpire said the exercise has also been extended to eight hours daily — from 9am to 5pm — instead of the current duration of six hours daily.

INEC Commissioner for information and voter education, Festus Okoye, declared that the exercise will now include weekends in addition to weekdays.

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