The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that only 3.4 million Nigerians who carried out their voter pre-registration online for the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) which began on June 28, 2021, completed the process at physical centres.
According to data released by the commission, 10,487,972 Nigerians carried out their pre-registration online, however, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said out of this number, only 3,444,378 Nigerians representing 32.8 percent, completed the process at a physical centre.
This means 7,043,594 persons representing over 67 percent of those who began their registration process online, are not eligible to receive a voter card before the 2023 general election and will therefore not be able to vote.
This is as the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise came to an end on Sunday, July 31.
The commission began the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise on June 28, 2021, and launched a portal where Nigerians can register by filing in their biodata, and required documents, after which they will visit Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) designated centres to complete the process physically.
Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said a total of 12,298,944 Nigerians completed their voter registration, 8,854,566 of that number were individuals who did their registration entirely at a physical centre, The Witness reports.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of the 2023 elections, but extended it till July after a federal high court in Abuja stopped the commission from ending the exercise, and following several pleas by Nigerians and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).
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