- The online registration began on August 18, with physical enrollment commencing a week later on August 25.
- He noted that out of the fresh applicants, 16,122 (46.5%) are men, while 18,891 (53.9%) are women
- He added that more registration centres will be created across electoral wards to ease access for new applicants
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Nasarawa State has disclosed that 35,013 people have so far taken part in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Shehu Wahab, revealed the figures during a press briefing in Lafia on Monday.
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The online registration began on August 18, with physical enrollment commencing a week later on August 25. Wahab explained that the first phase of the CVR, scheduled to run for four weeks, will end on December 10.
He noted that out of the fresh applicants, 16,122 (46.5%) are men, while 18,891 (53.9%) are women.
The REC also confirmed that 317 Persons With Disabilities have successfully registered. Beyond new voters, the commission recorded 16,941 transfer requests, 9,212 updates of voter information, and 119 applications for card replacements.
He, however, stressed that the figures remain provisional pending INEC’s biometric clean-up process which will remove invalid and multiple entries.
According to Wahab, the state currently has 1,899,244 registered voters, with 1,847,752 PVCs already collected. Once the verification and clean-up are completed, INEC will publish the preliminary register for claims and objections to ensure a credible final voters’ list.
The REC also announced that the second phase of the CVR will resume on January 5, 2026, urging eligible residents—especially those yet to register—to take advantage of the window before the 2027 general elections.
He added that more registration centres will be created across electoral wards to ease access for new applicants.
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