PVC: INEC reveals that 9,238,991 people have registered

Independent National Electoral Commission disclosed that fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration now stood at 9,238,991 as of Monday, May 16.

The commission revealed that 5,845,751 people had completed their registrations, of which 2,584,548 were done online and 3,261,203 via physical registration.

INEC revealed that the update further showed that 2,903,003 of registrants who completed their registration were male, while 2,942,748 were female. 48,252 were Persons With Disabilities.

It was reported that the age distribution of the figure that completed their registration revealed that 4,045,520 were youths.

Others were 1,226,150- middle-aged (between ages 35 and 49); 504,222 elderly (between ages 50 and 69); while 69,859 are old  persons of age 70 and above.

The commission revealed that, so far, it had received 16,858,955 applications, including those for voter transfer, requests for replacement of Permanent Voter Cards, update of voter information records, amongst others.