The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said within nine weeks it had received 3,325,741 applications from the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
The commission disclosed this in the Week 9 update provided by the commission in Abuja.
The applications according to commission INEC included, those seeking voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) and update of voter information record, among others. The commission also disclosed that as at Monday, the online pre-registration was 2,485,770 with Osun taking the lead with 379,914 and Borno with 8,798 as the least.
INEC also gave the figure of those registrants, who had completed their online and in-person (physical) registration within the five weeks that the exercise commenced at 569,828. These included 230,789 through online and 339,039 through physical registration.
It also disclosed that out of the 569,828 registrants, 304,566 were males, 265,262 females and 6,290 as persons living with disability.
“Within the same period, 42,211 applications were received out of which 27,759 individuals applied for new voter pre-registration services.
“Also 11, 177 requested for voter review record; 1, 669 applied for voter transfer; 853 asked for information update; 335 applied for replacement of lost or damaged PVCs; while 418 applicants requested for uncollected PVCs. “These statistics have been uploaded to the Commission’s website and social media platforms,” INEC said.