Latest figures released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that over 2million Nigerians who started their voters pre-registration online are yet to visit INEC office to complete the physical process.
According to the figures released on Monday 3,558,360 fresh registrants have pre-registered online but only 1,308,443 have completed the physical process at INEC offices. Specifically, this leaves a whooping 2,249,917 pre-registered citizens who are yet to complete the process.
Recall that INEC introduced the online pre-registration process to allow Nigerians commence the process online in a bid to ensure the physical process is more seamless. The online presents an opportunity for the accurate capture of voters’ data. It also creates an opportunity for more eligible voters to commence their registration with ease, and hopefully reduce the pressure at the physical centers.
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However, latest figures reveals registrants are not necessarily going to complete their registration despite accessing appointment days for the physical capture.
Also, out of the over One million three hundred thousand (1.3m) new registrants who have completed their voters registration, over nine hundred thousand of them below the age of 35yrs figures INEC revealed. According to the weekly update released by INEC on Monday, 1,308,443 new registrants have completed the process with 935,095 below the age of 35 years.
The state figures also revealed that Anambra State has the highest number of completed registration with 138,742. However, the Commission last week revealed that it had removed 62,698 persons from the total of 138,802 new registrants recorded at the end of the first quarter of the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) due to duplicate registration. Thus the number of the new eligible CVR registrants stands at 77,475.
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Osun state with 82,290 is next state with highest number of registration with Kano state having 70,438 according to data released. Imo state ranks lowest with 8,186 completed registrations.
