The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC),says
542,576 persons that have so far registered for the online Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) with youths making up 66% of 542,576 persons that have so far registered online.
INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during the commission’s meeting with State Resident Electoral Commissioners, held at INEC headquarters, Tuesday in Abuja, said 66% of youths made of the current number of people who have registered for the exercise.
Of the figure, he added that 456,909 are fresh registrants while 85,667 have applied for voter transfer, replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), update of voter information record etc.
He said that two weeks after the commencement of the CVR pre-registration exercise, youths of ages 18-34 years have sustained their lead of the pre-registration process, with 356,777 of them registering. .
According to him,the middle aged followed closely with a total of of 134,719 of registrants who fall between ages 35-49 completing the pre-registration process.
He said:”The third category is elderly persons aged between 50 and 69 years of which 44,896 Nigerians have registered. Interestingly, some 6,184 senior citizens (aged 70 years and above) have taken advantage of the new online opportunity to register.On occupational distribution of registrants, 156,446 are students; 38,217 artisans; 24,421 farmers and fishermen; 150,145 businessmen and traders; 35,831 employed as civil and public servants and 8,334 housewives.
“The remaining 129,182 registrants did not specify their occupations. On gender, 321,781 are male while 220,795 are female. In our effort to serve all Nigerians better, the Commission has requested registrants to indicate their disability (if any). This will enable us to optimally and efficiently deploy assistive voting devices such as Braille ballot guide and magnifying glasses for persons with special needs at polling units on election day. So far, we have data for 6,558 registrants who have clearly indicated their type of disability”.
