Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it recorded over 12 million new applicants in the 13 months dedicated to voter registration.
Gatekeepers News reports that this is as the Continuous Voter Registration exercise (CVR) came to an end on Sunday.
In June 2021, the electoral commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres.
In a data released by INEC, the number of persons who have completed their registration is 12,298,944 as of 7am on August 1.
From this figure, 3,444,378 started their registration online, while 8,854,566 carried out their registration physically.
Lagos state, Southwest has the highest of completed registrations with 585,629, followed by Kano with 569,103, and Delta with 523,517.
By zone, the north-west led with 2,514,273, followed by the south-south with 2,458,095, and the north-central with 2,314,368.
The south-west accounted for 2,039,982 registrants; north-east accounted for 1,531,070; and south-east accounted for the lowest with 1,441,156.
INEC stated that youths aged between 18 and 35 constituted the highest number of completed registrations with a total of 8,784,677, while by occupation, students accounted for the greater number of registrants with 4,501,595.
By gender distribution, the commission’s data also revealed that number of female registrants sumed up to 6,224,866, while that of males is 6,074,078.
INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the CVR ahead of the 2023 elections.
However, a federal high court in Abuja had stopped the commission 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 till July 31.
