The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today, said that 269,992 new voters have been registered in both Edo and Ondo states ahead of the gubernatorial elections later this year.
Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner in Charge of the Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this in an Abuja statement on Tuesday.
He stated:
“Statistics from the Continuous Voter Registration CVR as of Sunday 9th June 2024 when the registration was suspended, indicates a total of 269,992 new voters in the two States.
“Of this figure, 129,246 (47.87%) are male while 140,756 (52.13%) are female. Still, the majority of the registered voters (182,541 or 67.61%) are youths (18-34 years). In terms of occupation, 95,463 or 35.36%) are students while 1,588 (0.59%) are Persons with Disability (PWDs). In addition, 24,454 requests for replacement of PVCs, 74,493 applications for voter transfer and 8,314 for information update were received”.
According to him, the final data will be issued on a state-by-state basis following the claims/objections period and additional cleaning up using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).
He stated that the Commission conducted its normal weekly meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, to assess preparations for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections, notably the Continuous Voter Registration CVR in both states, which was halted on Sunday, June 9, 2024.
He said:
“The next step as provided by Section 19 of the Electoral Act 2022 is the display of the register for claims and objections by citizens for a period of seven days (one week) from tomorrow, Wednesday 12th June 2024.
“The display will take place in all the 395 Wards across the two States. The register will also be available on our website: https://cvr.inecnigeria.org/register.
“The purpose of the display is for the public to identify any ineligible persons on the register, draw the Commission’s attention to it and file an objection to the appearance of the name on the register by completing Forms EC2 and EC3 available from our officials in all the centres. The Forms can also be downloaded from our website – https://inecnigeria.org/?page_id=13655 – and handed over to our officials as provided in Section 9(4) of the Electoral Act 2022.
“Furthermore, fresh registrants and applicants for transfer, correction of personal details and replacement of lost or damaged PVCs can draw the Commission’s attention to errors or wrong entries for further action.
“At the end of the period for claims and objections, the Commission will further clean up the register using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) before the list of new voters is added to the existing register for the two States.”
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