By EMMANUEL OLONIRUHA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,657,784 Nigerians have successfully completed their registration in the ongoing second phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).

The commission disclosed this in its week 10 update released on Tuesday, titled “Completed Online and Physical Registration as at March 13”.

The update showed that 1,563,169 registrants completed their pre-registration online, while 1,094,615 Nigerians opted for physical registration.

A breakdown of the states showed that Jigawa recorded the highest number of completed registrations with 171,471, followed by Lagos with 154,565 and Kano with 136,073, while Anambra recorded the lowest number of completed registrations with 21,836.

Female registrants led with 1,508,858 (57 per cent), while males accounted for 1,148,926 (43 per cent).

In terms of age distribution, youths between ages 18 and 34 dominated the exercise with 1,813,082, accounting for 68.22 per cent of the total registrants.

Students represented the largest occupational group at 640,826 that is 24.11 per cent, followed by those in business at 540,376 representing 20.33 per cent.

The update also showed that a total of 37,687 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) had also registered so far.

INEC however clarified that the current figure of 2.6 million was a preliminary total.

“This is a preliminary figure pending data clean-up during the period for claims and objections by citizens, followed by the deployment of the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS),” INEC said.

The independent electoral body also clarified that registration in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) remained suspended following the Area Council Election held on Feb. 21, in compliance with Section 9 (6) of the Electoral Act 2022.

The electoral body urged eligible Nigerians who were yet to register to visit its official portals at https://cvr.inec.gov.ng or https://cvr.inecnigeria.org to begin the process. (NAN)

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